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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1435.304126
Energy at 298.15K-1435.305173
HF Energy-1435.304126
Nuclear repulsion energy263.356724
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 TPSSh/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 572 554 0.01      
2 A1 341 330 0.32      
3 E 584 565 111.12      
3 E 584 565 111.16      
4 E 244 236 2.15      
4 E 244 236 2.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1284.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9673) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1242.6 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.11084 0.11084 0.05754

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.592
Cl2 0.000 1.671 -0.081
Cl3 1.447 -0.836 -0.081
Cl4 -1.447 -0.836 -0.081

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.80181.80181.8018
Cl21.80182.89452.8945
Cl31.80182.89452.8945
Cl41.80182.89452.8945

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 106.879 Cl2 N1 Cl4 106.879
Cl3 N1 Cl4 106.879
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.658      
2 Cl 0.219      
3 Cl 0.219      
4 Cl 0.219      


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 -0.319 0.319
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.044 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.042 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 5.964


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 171.568
(<r2>)1/2 13.098