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

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-513.778922
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-513.778922
Nuclear repulsion energy50.707185
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 HF/3-21G
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 3583 3245 42.42 73.72 0.05 0.10
2 A1 1847 1673 3810.57 205.57 0.27 0.43
3 A1 1521 1378 53.11 9.42 0.35 0.52
4 A1 380 345 163.72 1.16 0.55 0.71
5 E 3698 3349 112.64 43.79 0.75 0.86
5 E 3698 3349 112.64 43.79 0.75 0.86
6 E 1851 1676 9.72 8.76 0.75 0.86
6 E 1851 1676 9.72 8.76 0.75 0.86
7 E 1706 1545 188.41 7.47 0.75 0.86
7 E 1706 1545 188.41 7.47 0.75 0.86
8 E 367 332 1.86 10.85 0.75 0.86
8 E 367 332 1.86 10.85 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11287.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9056) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10221.7 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 HF/3-21G
ABC
6.02492 0.16252 0.16252

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.779
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.141
H3 0.000 0.962 -2.095
H4 0.833 -0.481 -2.095
H5 -0.833 -0.481 -2.095
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.649

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N12.92001.01251.01251.01251.1300
Cl22.92003.37573.37573.37571.7900
H31.01253.37571.66621.66621.7366
H41.01253.37571.66621.66621.7366
H51.01253.37571.66621.66621.7366
H61.13001.79001.73661.73661.7366

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 110.737
H3 N1 H5 110.737 H3 N1 H6 108.174
H4 N1 H5 110.737 H4 N1 H6 108.174
H5 N1 H6 108.174
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.905      
2 Cl -0.745      
3 H 0.406      
4 H 0.406      
5 H 0.406      
6 H 0.430      


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 -10.774 10.774
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.107 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.107 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.632
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.238 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.238 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.476
Polar
3z2-r212.951
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 1.395 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.395 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.686


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 71.857
(<r2>)1/2 8.477