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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1434.633275
Energy at 298.15K-1434.634180
HF Energy-1434.633275
Nuclear repulsion energy259.876505
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 PBEPBE/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 563 560 1.12      
2 A1 324 322 0.39      
3 E 527 524 163.87      
3 E 527 524 163.93      
4 E 231 230 5.39      
4 E 231 230 5.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1201.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1194.4 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.10786 0.10786 0.05593

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.591
Cl2 0.000 1.695 -0.081
Cl3 1.468 -0.848 -0.081
Cl4 -1.468 -0.848 -0.081

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.82351.82351.8235
Cl21.82352.93582.9358
Cl31.82352.93582.9358
Cl41.82352.93582.9358

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 107.221 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.221
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.221
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.258      
2 Cl 0.086      
3 Cl 0.086      
4 Cl 0.086      


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 -0.484 0.484
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.970 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.970 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.453
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.242 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.242 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.483
Polar
3z2-r2-4.966
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 7.997 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.997 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.190


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 175.413
(<r2>)1/2 13.244