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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=FULL/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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-516.891037
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-516.335327
Nuclear repulsion energy49.395463
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 CCSD(T)=FULL/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 3498 3371 0.00      
2 A1 2436 2348 0.00      
3 A1 1131 1090 0.00      
4 A1 196 189 0.00      
5 E 3609 3478 0.00      
5 E 3609 3478 0.00      
6 E 1670 1610 0.00      
6 E 1670 1609 0.00      
7 E 810 781 0.00      
7 E 810 781 0.00      
8 E 243 235 0.00      
8 E 243 234 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9963.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9601.8 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
6.29742 0.14503 0.14503

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.903
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.193
H3 0.000 0.941 -2.277
H4 0.815 -0.470 -2.277
H5 -0.815 -0.470 -2.277
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.123

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.09541.01251.01251.01251.7794
Cl23.09543.59453.59453.59451.3159
H31.01253.59451.62981.62982.3498
H41.01253.59451.62981.62982.3498
H51.01253.59451.62981.62982.3498
H61.77941.31592.34982.34982.3498

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 107.193
H3 N1 H5 107.193 H3 N1 H6 111.663
H4 N1 H5 107.193 H4 N1 H6 111.663
H5 N1 H6 111.663
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability