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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1434.789512
Energy at 298.15K-1434.790628
HF Energy-1434.565467
Nuclear repulsion energy263.901099
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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 559 537 0.00      
2 A1 349 336 0.35      
3 E 619 595 80.72      
3 E 619 595 80.69      
4 E 255 245 1.19      
4 E 255 245 1.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1327.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9618) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1276.6 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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.11131 0.11131 0.05780

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.593
Cl2 0.000 1.667 -0.081
Cl3 1.444 -0.834 -0.081
Cl4 -1.444 -0.834 -0.081

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.79861.79861.7986
Cl21.79862.88802.8880
Cl31.79862.88802.8880
Cl41.79862.88802.8880

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 106.806 Cl2 N1 Cl4 106.806
Cl3 N1 Cl4 106.806
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability