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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/cc-pVQZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1435.367991
Energy at 298.15K-1435.369092
HF Energy-1435.367991
Nuclear repulsion energy266.139403
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 B3LYP/cc-pVQZ
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 543 526 0.00      
2 A1 352 341 0.28      
3 E 617 598 86.86      
3 E 617 598 86.84      
4 E 255 247 1.36      
4 E 255 247 1.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1318.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9688) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1277.6 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 B3LYP/cc-pVQZ
ABC
0.11299 0.11299 0.05845

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.559
Cl2 0.000 1.658 -0.077
Cl3 1.436 -0.829 -0.077
Cl4 -1.436 -0.829 -0.077

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N11.77571.77571.7757
Cl21.77572.87192.8719
Cl31.77572.87192.8719
Cl41.77572.87192.8719

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 107.929 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.929
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.929
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.169      
2 Cl 0.056      
3 Cl 0.056      
4 Cl 0.056      


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 -0.403 0.403
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.291 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.291 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.993
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.351 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.351 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.701
Polar
3z2-r2-5.403
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 9.205 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.205 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 5.120


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 169.054
(<r2>)1/2 13.002