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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.163929
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.163929
Nuclear repulsion energy50.220840
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 PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3395 3372 0.23      
2 A1 1787 1775 2841.45      
3 A1 1092 1085 61.41      
4 A1 228 227 68.13      
5 E 3520 3497 22.14      
5 E 3520 3497 22.14      
6 E 1609 1598 22.95      
6 E 1609 1598 22.95      
7 E 935 929 21.09      
7 E 935 929 21.09      
8 E 269 268 10.98      
8 E 269 268 10.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9583.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9521.3 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 PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
6.13239 0.15563 0.15563

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.830
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.155
H3 0.000 0.954 -2.195
H4 0.826 -0.477 -2.195
H5 -0.826 -0.477 -2.195
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.234

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N12.98421.02121.02121.02121.5954
Cl22.98423.48293.48293.48291.3888
H31.02123.48291.65151.65152.1806
H41.02123.48291.65151.65152.1806
H51.02123.48291.65151.65152.1806
H61.59541.38882.18062.18062.1806

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 107.924
H3 N1 H5 107.924 H3 N1 H6 110.978
H4 N1 H5 107.924 H4 N1 H6 110.978
H5 N1 H6 110.978
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.075      
2 Cl -0.356      
3 H 0.084      
4 H 0.084      
5 H 0.084      
6 H 0.178      


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 -5.290 5.290
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.569 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.569 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.590
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.489 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.489 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.978
Polar
3z2-r29.957
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 4.520 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.520 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.303


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.146
(<r2>)1/2 8.669