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Experimental data for NCl3 (nitrogen trichloride)

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Other names
Nitrogen chloride; Agene; Chlorine nitride; Trichloramine; Trichlorine nitride; Nitrogen trichloride;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/Cl3N/c1-4(2)3 QEHKBHWEUPXBCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N ClN(Cl)Cl Nitrogen trichloride
State Conformation
1A1 C3V
Enthalpy of formation (Hfg), Entropy, Integrated heat capacity (0 K to 298.15 K) (HH), Heat Capacity (Cp)
Property Value Uncertainty units Reference Comment
Information can also be found for this species in the NIST Chemistry Webbook
Vibrational levels (cm-1) vibrations
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency Intensity Comment Description
Fundamental(cm-1) Harmonic(cm-1) Reference (km mol-1) unc. Reference
1 A1 538   1968Car/Bra:3751      
2 A1 349          
3 E 642          
4 E 257          

vibrational zero-point energy: 1342.5 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for NCl3 (nitrogen trichloride).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
  0.11570   1974Caz/Fav:82-89 14N 35Cl

Calculated rotational constants for NCl3 (nitrogen trichloride).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
amu3Å6   0gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of nitrogen trichloride

Point Group C3v


Internal coordinates
distances (r) in Å, angles (a) in degrees, dihedrals (d) in degrees
Description Value unc. Connectivity Reference Comment
Atom 1 Atom 2 Atom 3 Atom 4
rNCl 1.754 0.002 1 2 1974Caz/Fav:82-89
aClNCl 107.78 0.33 2 1 3 1974Caz/Fav:82-89 rs

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.0000 0.0000 0.5555
Cl2 0.0000 1.6363 -0.0762
Cl3 1.4171 -0.8181 -0.0762
Cl4 -1.4171 -0.8181 -0.0762

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  N1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
N1   1.75401.75401.7540
Cl2 1.7540   2.83412.8341
Cl3 1.75402.8341   2.8341
Cl4 1.75402.83412.8341  

Calculated geometries for NCl3 (nitrogen trichloride).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle         atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 N1 Cl3 107.783 Cl2 N1 Cl4 107.783
Cl3 N1 Cl4 107.783

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
N-Cl 3

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
N1 Cl2
N1 Cl3
N1 Cl4
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1A1

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
10.100 0.100     webbook
Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Electric dipole moment dipole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Dipole (Debye) Reference comment Point Group Components
x y z total dipole quadrupole
1 1 1A1 C3v True     0.390 0.390 1974Caz/Fav:82-89 ± 0.01 C3v 1 1
Experimental dipole measurement abbreviations: MW microwave; DT Dielectric with Temperature variation; DR Indirect (usually an upper limit); MB Molecular beam
Calculated electric dipole moments for NCl3 (nitrogen trichloride).
Electric quadrupole moment quadrupole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Quadrupole (D Å) Reference comment Point Group Components
xx yy zz dipole quadrupole
1 1 1A1 C3v True       C3v 1 1

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for NCl3 (nitrogen trichloride).

References
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squib reference DOI
1968Car/Bra:3751 JC Carter, RF Bratton, JF Jackovitz "Structure and Vibrational Spectrum of Nitrogen Trichloride" J. Chem. Phys. 49(9) 3751, 1968 10.1063/1.1670675
1974Caz/Fav:82-89 G CAZZOLI, PG FAVERO, A DAL BORGO "Molecular Structure, Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constant and Dipole Moment of Nitrogen Trichloride from Microwave Spectroscopy" J. OF MOL. SPECT. 50, 82-89 (1974) 10.1016/0022-2852(74)90219-7
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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