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All results from a given calculation for NCl (nitrogen monochloride)

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 3Σ
2 1 yes C*V 1Σ

State 1 (3Σ)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-514.826914
Energy at 298.15K-514.826896
HF Energy-514.826914
Nuclear repulsion energy37.385003
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/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 771 772 53.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 385.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1.0016) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 385.9 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/cc-pVDZ
B
0.59421

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.193
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.491

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2
N11.6844
Cl21.6844

picture of nitrogen monochloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.142      
2 Cl 0.142      


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 1.028 1.028
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.564 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.564 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.905
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.170 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.170 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.341
Polar
3z2-r2-0.682
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 1.264 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.264 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.882


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 25.109
(<r2>)1/2 5.011

State 2 (1Σ)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-514.764962
Energy at 298.15K-514.764962
Nuclear repulsion energy38.091215
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/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 824 825 35.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 412.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1.0016) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 412.7 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/cc-pVDZ
B
0.61687

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.171
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.482

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2
N11.6532
Cl21.6532

picture of nitrogen monochloride state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.222      
2 Cl 0.222      


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 1.590 1.590
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.097 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.926 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.314
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.523 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.721 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.802
Polar
3z2-r2-1.604
x2-y22.829
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.303 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.116 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.806


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 24.656
(<r2>)1/2 4.965