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All results from a given calculation for NCl3 (nitrogen trichloride)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1435.172104
Energy at 298.15K-1435.172858
HF Energy-1435.172104
Nuclear repulsion energy255.771087
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 546 543 0.15      
2 A1 307 305 0.49      
3 E 479 477 172.99      
3 E 479 477 173.02      
4 E 218 217 9.01      
4 E 218 217 9.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1123.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1117.5 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.10440 0.10440 0.05405

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.589
Cl2 0.000 1.724 -0.081
Cl3 1.493 -0.862 -0.081
Cl4 -1.493 -0.862 -0.081

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.84951.84951.8495
Cl21.84952.98642.9864
Cl31.84952.98642.9864
Cl41.84952.98642.9864

picture of nitrogen trichloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 N1 Cl3 107.672 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.672
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.672
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.239      
2 Cl 0.080      
3 Cl 0.080      
4 Cl 0.080      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.374 0.374
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.174 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -42.174 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.663
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.245 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.245 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.490
Polar
3z2-r2-4.979
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.954 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.954 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 5.007


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 181.232
(<r2>)1/2 13.462