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

using model chemistry: MP3/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP3/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1433.693951
Energy at 298.15K-1433.695268
HF Energy-1432.874188
Nuclear repulsion energy269.975915
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 MP3/cc-pVTZ
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 573 541 0.03      
2 A1 371 351 0.15      
3 E 740 699 40.70      
3 E 740 699 40.71      
4 E 275 260 0.14      
4 E 275 260 0.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1487.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9447) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1405.1 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 MP3/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.11627 0.11627 0.06015

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.551
Cl2 0.000 1.635 -0.076
Cl3 1.416 -0.817 -0.076
Cl4 -1.416 -0.817 -0.076

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.75061.75061.7506
Cl21.75062.83112.8311
Cl31.75062.83112.8311
Cl41.75062.83112.8311

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 107.921 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.921
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.921
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability