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

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1428.758310
Energy at 298.15K-1428.759326
HF Energy-1428.758310
Nuclear repulsion energy261.704690
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 B1B95/3-21G*
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 515 492 2.94      
2 A1 342 327 0.26      
3 E 599 572 114.83      
3 E 599 572 114.87      
4 E 247 236 1.32      
4 E 247 236 1.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1274.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9549) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1216.7 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 B1B95/3-21G*
ABC
0.10938 0.10938 0.05671

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.586
Cl2 0.000 1.683 -0.080
Cl3 1.458 -0.842 -0.080
Cl4 -1.458 -0.842 -0.080

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.81041.81041.8104
Cl21.81042.91572.9157
Cl31.81042.91572.9157
Cl41.81042.91572.9157

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 107.265 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.265
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.265
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.359      
2 Cl 0.120      
3 Cl 0.120      
4 Cl 0.120      


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 -0.715 0.715
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.338 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.338 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.136
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.399 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.399 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.798
Polar
3z2-r2-5.597
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 7.433 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.433 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.948


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 173.652
(<r2>)1/2 13.178