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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1435.301308
Energy at 298.15K-1435.302481
HF Energy-1435.301308
Nuclear repulsion energy266.630043
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
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 548 523 0.20      
2 A1 365 348 0.23      
3 E 647 618 111.04      
3 E 647 618 111.06      
4 E 266 254 1.55      
4 E 266 254 1.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1370.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9544) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1307.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.11329 0.11329 0.05849

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.543
Cl2 0.000 1.657 -0.074
Cl3 1.435 -0.829 -0.074
Cl4 -1.435 -0.829 -0.074

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.76871.76871.7687
Cl21.76872.87082.8708
Cl31.76872.87082.8708
Cl41.76872.87082.8708

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 108.499 Cl2 N1 Cl4 108.499
Cl3 N1 Cl4 108.499
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.423      
2 Cl 0.141      
3 Cl 0.141      
4 Cl 0.141      


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 -0.727 0.727
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.787 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.787 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.795
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.504 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.504 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.007
Polar
3z2-r2-6.015
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 7.415 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.415 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.976


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 169.174
(<r2>)1/2 13.007