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All results from a given calculation for NH3NH3 (Ammonia Dimer)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no    
1 2 no    

Conformer 1 ()

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.102948
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-113.102948
Nuclear repulsion energy40.453894
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3660 3483 0.00      
2 Ag 3512 3343 0.00      
3 Ag 1688 1607 0.00      
4 Ag 1068 1017 0.00      
5 Ag 463 440 0.00      
6 Ag 139 132 0.00      
7 Au 3682 3505 11.43      
8 Au 1705 1623 52.84      
9 Au 248 236 107.83      
10 Au 92 87 28.22      
11 Bg 3682 3505 0.00      
12 Bg 1689 1608 0.00      
13 Bg 116 111 0.00      
14 Bu 3661 3484 50.09      
15 Bu 3517 3348 27.24      
16 Bu 1669 1588 40.68      
17 Bu 1032 982 498.92      
18 Bu 103i 98i 251.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15760.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15000.7 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
4.57799 0.18908 0.18553

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.690 0.818 0.000
N2 0.000 1.562 0.000
N3 0.000 -1.562 0.000
H4 0.155 2.139 0.818
H5 0.155 2.139 -0.818
H6 -0.690 -0.818 0.000
H7 -0.155 -2.139 -0.818
H8 -0.155 -2.139 0.818

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 N2 N3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
H11.01522.47751.64341.64342.14023.18153.1815
N21.01523.12361.01251.01252.47753.79293.7929
N32.47753.12363.79293.79291.01521.01251.0125
H41.64341.01253.79291.63523.18154.58974.2886
H51.64341.01253.79291.63523.18154.28864.5897
H62.14022.47751.01523.18153.18151.64341.6434
H73.18153.79291.01254.58974.28861.64341.6352
H83.18153.79291.01254.28864.58971.64341.6352

picture of Ammonia Dimer state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 N2 H4 108.283 H1 N2 H5 108.283
H1 H3 N6 59.036 H1 H3 H7 126.140
H1 H3 H8 126.140 N2 H1 H3 120.964
H4 N2 H5 107.702 N6 H3 H7 108.283
N6 H3 H8 108.283 H7 H3 H8 107.702
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.340      
2 N -0.945      
3 N -0.945      
4 H 0.303      
5 H 0.303      
6 H 0.340      
7 H 0.303      
8 H 0.303      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.685 3.304 0.000
y 3.304 -9.559 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.475
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.669 3.304 0.000
y 3.304 5.522 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.147
Polar
3z2-r22.294
x2-y2-8.127
xy3.304
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.318 0.264 0.000
y 0.264 3.771 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.928


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 65.774
(<r2>)1/2 8.110

Conformer 2 ()

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-113.103755
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-113.103755
Nuclear repulsion energy40.027481
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3678 3501 10.96      
2 A' 3626 3451 68.75      
3 A' 3532 3362 0.83      
4 A' 3463 3296 146.51      
5 A' 1686 1605 27.15      
6 A' 1676 1596 21.20      
7 A' 1068 1016 186.93      
8 A' 1059 1008 246.89      
9 A' 435 414 73.29      
10 A' 158 150 33.84      
11 A' 133 126 57.07      
12 A" 3679 3502 10.68      
13 A" 3679 3501 0.57      
14 A" 1722 1639 23.95      
15 A" 1684 1603 30.38      
16 A" 305 290 58.94      
17 A" 146 139 38.67      
18 A" 16i 15i 21.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15855.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15091.1 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
3.88608 0.18076 0.17875

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.170 0.686 0.000
N2 -0.026 1.678 0.000
N3 -0.026 -1.590 0.000
H4 0.324 2.129 0.825
H5 0.324 2.129 -0.825
H6 -1.021 -1.439 0.000
H7 0.280 -2.059 -0.835
H8 0.280 -2.059 0.835

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 N2 N3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
H11.01072.28431.66981.66982.43562.87112.8711
N21.01073.26751.00391.00393.27153.84083.8408
N32.28433.26753.82573.82571.00631.00531.0053
H41.66981.00393.82571.65093.90154.50544.1883
H51.66981.00393.82571.65093.90154.18834.5054
H62.43563.27151.00633.90153.90151.66551.6655
H72.87113.84081.00534.50544.18831.66551.6699
H82.87113.84081.00534.18834.50541.66551.6699

picture of Ammonia Dimer state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 N2 H4 111.956 H1 N2 H5 111.956
H1 H3 N6 86.277 H1 H3 H7 116.019
H1 H3 H8 116.019 N2 H1 H3 163.943
H4 N2 H5 110.615 N6 H3 H7 111.774
N6 H3 H8 111.774 H7 H3 H8 112.309
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.372      
2 N -0.933      
3 N -0.973      
4 H 0.290      
5 H 0.290      
6 H 0.327      
7 H 0.313      
8 H 0.313      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.187 -2.589 0.000 2.848
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.771 3.716 0.000
y 3.716 -12.145 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.524
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.437 3.716 0.000
y 3.716 2.003 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.434
Polar
3z2-r22.869
x2-y2-3.627
xy3.716
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.262 0.038 0.000
y 0.038 3.955 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.975


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 68.280
(<r2>)1/2 8.263