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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.306838
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.306838
Nuclear repulsion energy50.261249
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 M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3503 3336 7.36      
2 A1 2016 1920 2770.82      
3 A1 1137 1083 100.96      
4 A1 224 213 61.26      
5 E 3637 3464 29.99      
5 E 3637 3464 29.81      
6 E 1657 1578 24.57      
6 E 1657 1578 24.46      
7 E 883 841 53.91      
7 E 883 841 53.91      
8 E 263 251 12.44      
8 E 263 250 12.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9880.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9524) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9410.3 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 M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
6.22038 0.15440 0.15440

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.840
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.158
H3 0.000 0.947 -2.203
H4 0.820 -0.473 -2.203
H5 -0.820 -0.473 -2.203
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.200

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N12.99761.01421.01421.01421.6395
Cl22.99763.49203.49203.49201.3581
H31.01423.49201.63981.63982.2156
H41.01423.49201.63981.63982.2156
H51.01423.49201.63981.63982.2156
H61.63951.35812.21562.21562.2156

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 107.890
H3 N1 H5 107.890 H3 N1 H6 111.009
H4 N1 H5 107.890 H4 N1 H6 111.009
H5 N1 H6 111.009
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.763      
2 Cl -0.458      
3 H 0.293      
4 H 0.293      
5 H 0.293      
6 H 0.343      


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 -5.356 5.356
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.944 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.944 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.611
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.666 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.666 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.333
Polar
3z2-r210.665
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 2.905 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.903 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 5.002


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.124
(<r2>)1/2 8.667