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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1435.355857
Energy at 298.15K-1435.357079
HF Energy-1435.355857
Nuclear repulsion energy269.386213
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 563 540 0.10      
2 A1 365 350 0.24      
3 E 678 649 74.64      
3 E 678 649 74.66      
4 E 264 253 0.62      
4 E 264 253 0.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1406.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9581) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1347.4 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.11576 0.11576 0.05988

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.552
Cl2 0.000 1.638 -0.076
Cl3 1.419 -0.819 -0.076
Cl4 -1.419 -0.819 -0.076

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.75421.75421.7542
Cl21.75422.83742.8374
Cl31.75422.83742.8374
Cl41.75422.83742.8374

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 107.944 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.944
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.944
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.392      
2 Cl 0.131      
3 Cl 0.131      
4 Cl 0.131      


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 -41.031 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.031 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.875
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.422 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.422 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.845
Polar
3z2-r2-5.689
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 9.607 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.607 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 6.055


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 165.509
(<r2>)1/2 12.865