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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.329249
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.329249
Nuclear repulsion energy49.874074
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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
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 3521 3340 6.78      
2 A1 2051 1946 2230.30      
3 A1 1186 1125 122.02      
4 A1 240 228 39.95      
5 E 3664 3476 17.96      
5 E 3664 3476 17.99      
6 E 1714 1626 30.72      
6 E 1714 1626 30.73      
7 E 897 851 91.75      
7 E 897 851 91.77      
8 E 275 260 17.49      
8 E 274 260 17.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10049.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9531.8 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
6.19712 0.15111 0.15111

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.861
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.170
H3 0.000 0.949 -2.226
H4 0.821 -0.474 -2.226
H5 -0.821 -0.474 -2.226
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.189

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.03111.01621.01621.01621.6724
Cl23.03113.52583.52583.52581.3587
H31.01623.52581.64291.64292.2472
H41.01623.52581.64291.64292.2472
H51.01623.52581.64291.64292.2472
H61.67241.35872.24722.24722.2472

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 107.866
H3 N1 H5 107.866 H3 N1 H6 111.033
H4 N1 H5 107.866 H4 N1 H6 111.033
H5 N1 H6 111.033
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.957      
2 Cl -0.369      
3 H 0.358      
4 H 0.358      
5 H 0.358      
6 H 0.252      


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 -5.638 5.638
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.927 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.927 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.491
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.718 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.718 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.437
Polar
3z2-r210.873
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 2.194 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.194 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.473


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.428
(<r2>)1/2 8.742