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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1435.085822
Energy at 298.15K-1435.087039
HF Energy-1435.085822
Nuclear repulsion energy268.519951
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 M06-2X/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 547 518 0.05      
2 A1 364 344 0.07      
3 E 700 663 67.56      
3 E 699 662 67.81      
4 E 270 256 0.28      
4 E 270 256 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1424.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1349.2 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 M06-2X/6-31G*
ABC
0.11492 0.11492 0.05936

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.542
Cl2 0.000 1.645 -0.074
Cl3 1.425 -0.823 -0.074
Cl4 -1.425 -0.823 -0.074

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.75691.75691.7569
Cl21.75692.84982.8498
Cl31.75692.84982.8498
Cl41.75692.84982.8498

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 108.391 Cl2 N1 Cl4 108.391
Cl3 N1 Cl4 108.391
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.521      
2 Cl 0.174      
3 Cl 0.174      
4 Cl 0.174      


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 -0.669 0.669
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.991 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.991 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.136
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.573 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.573 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.146
Polar
3z2-r2-6.291
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 7.068 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.074 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 3.220


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 166.656
(<r2>)1/2 12.910