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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1427.999844
Energy at 298.15K-1428.000608
HF Energy-1427.999844
Nuclear repulsion energy254.089695
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/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 541 516 3.01      
2 A1 302 288 0.47      
3 E 496 473 178.93      
3 E 496 473 179.01      
4 E 216 206 5.24      
4 E 216 206 5.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1134.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9535) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1081.3 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.10318 0.10318 0.05356

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.614
Cl2 0.000 1.732 -0.084
Cl3 1.500 -0.866 -0.084
Cl4 -1.500 -0.866 -0.084

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.86751.86751.8675
Cl21.86753.00003.0000
Cl31.86753.00003.0000
Cl41.86753.00003.0000

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 106.878 Cl2 N1 Cl4 106.878
Cl3 N1 Cl4 106.878
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.269      
2 Cl 0.090      
3 Cl 0.090      
4 Cl 0.090      


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 -0.473 0.473
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.851 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.851 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.914
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.032 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.032 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.063
Polar
3z2-r2-4.126
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 8.367 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.368 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.074


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 182.574
(<r2>)1/2 13.512