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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1434.653523
Energy at 298.15K-1434.654729
HF Energy-1434.653523
Nuclear repulsion energy267.220408
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
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 564 537 0.36      
2 A1 370 353 0.09      
3 E 665 633 103.78      
3 E 665 633 103.81      
4 E 268 255 1.06      
4 E 268 255 1.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1399.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1333.4 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.11385 0.11385 0.05885

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.550
Cl2 0.000 1.653 -0.075
Cl3 1.431 -0.826 -0.075
Cl4 -1.431 -0.826 -0.075

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.76681.76681.7668
Cl21.76682.86222.8622
Cl31.76682.86222.8622
Cl41.76682.86222.8622

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 108.193 Cl2 N1 Cl4 108.193
Cl3 N1 Cl4 108.193
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.500      
2 Cl 0.167      
3 Cl 0.167      
4 Cl 0.167      


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 -0.631 0.631
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.994 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.994 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.960
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.483 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.483 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.966
Polar
3z2-r2-5.933
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 7.255 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.255 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.218


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 167.896
(<r2>)1/2 12.957