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All results from a given calculation for NH4Cl (Ammonium chloride)

using model chemistry: HF/LANL2DZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-71.473701
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-71.473701
Nuclear repulsion energy29.576696
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 HF/LANL2DZ
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 3704 3333 6.03 111.95 0.06 0.11
2 A1 1733 1559 2016.83 360.85 0.39 0.56
3 A1 1198 1078 638.16 4.07 0.14 0.24
4 A1 173 156 96.44 3.98 0.42 0.59
5 E 3880 3492 31.14 50.79 0.75 0.86
5 E 3880 3492 31.14 50.79 0.75 0.86
6 E 1832 1649 55.31 10.77 0.75 0.86
6 E 1832 1649 55.31 10.77 0.75 0.86
7 E 1013 912 160.24 9.03 0.75 0.86
7 E 1013 912 160.24 9.03 0.75 0.86
8 E 344 310 8.09 14.73 0.75 0.86
8 E 344 310 8.09 14.73 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10473.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9425.3 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 HF/LANL2DZ
ABC
6.08941 0.15433 0.15433

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.854
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.156
H3 0.000 0.957 -2.153
H4 0.829 -0.478 -2.153
H5 -0.829 -0.478 -2.153
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.219

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.01081.00241.00241.00241.6357
Cl23.01083.44493.44493.44491.3750
H31.00243.44491.65741.65742.1580
H41.00243.44491.65741.65742.1580
H51.00243.44491.65741.65742.1580
H61.63571.37502.15802.15802.1580

picture of Ammonium chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 H6 Cl2 180.000 H3 N1 H4 111.528
H3 N1 H5 111.528 H3 N1 H6 107.326
H4 N1 H5 111.528 H4 N1 H6 107.326
H5 N1 H6 107.326
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.976      
2 Cl -0.379      
3 H 0.356      
4 H 0.356      
5 H 0.356      
6 H 0.287      


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 -5.896 5.896
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.989 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.989 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.306
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.342 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.342 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.684
Polar
3z2-r25.367
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 1.371 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.371 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.124


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 61.434
(<r2>)1/2 7.838