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

using model chemistry: B1B95/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1435.437043
Energy at 298.15K-1435.438265
HF Energy-1435.437043
Nuclear repulsion energy270.950335
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 B1B95/Def2TZVPP
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 558 558 0.02      
2 A1 365 365 0.20      
3 E 692 692 71.96      
3 E 692 692 71.93      
4 E 264 264 0.42      
4 E 264 264 0.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1417.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1417.3 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 B1B95/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.11708 0.11708 0.06054

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.545
Cl2 0.000 1.629 -0.075
Cl3 1.411 -0.815 -0.075
Cl4 -1.411 -0.815 -0.075

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.74331.74331.7433
Cl21.74332.82192.8219
Cl31.74332.82192.8219
Cl41.74332.82192.8219

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 108.066 Cl2 N1 Cl4 108.066
Cl3 N1 Cl4 108.066
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.014      
2 Cl 0.005      
3 Cl 0.005      
4 Cl 0.005      


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 -0.472 0.472
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.664 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.664 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.568
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.452 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.452 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.904
Polar
3z2-r2-5.809
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 8.134 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.133 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.299


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 163.745
(<r2>)1/2 12.796