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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1435.260472
Energy at 298.15K-1435.261755
HF Energy-1435.260472
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 556 556 0.35      
2 A1 373 373 0.28      
3 E 717 717 57.12      
3 E 717 717 57.09      
4 E 274 274 0.28      
4 E 274 274 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1455.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1455.7 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 wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.11677 0.11677 0.06031

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.537
Cl2 0.000 1.632 -0.074
Cl3 1.414 -0.816 -0.074
Cl4 -1.414 -0.816 -0.074

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.74291.74291.7429
Cl21.74292.82722.8272
Cl31.74292.82722.8272
Cl41.74292.82722.8272

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 108.395 Cl2 N1 Cl4 108.395
Cl3 N1 Cl4 108.395
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.018      
2 Cl -0.006      
3 Cl -0.006      
4 Cl -0.006      


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 -0.398 0.398
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.966 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.966 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.115
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.575 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.575 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.149
Polar
3z2-r2-6.299
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 9.308 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.308 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 5.964


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 164.421
(<r2>)1/2 12.823