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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-511.411676
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-511.411676
Nuclear repulsion energy51.361877
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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3604 3179 0.74      
2 A1 2313 2040 3349.94      
3 A1 1332 1175 10.86      
4 A1 466 411 19.19      
5 E 3858 3403 10.84      
5 E 3858 3403 10.84      
6 E 1845 1627 10.37      
6 E 1845 1627 10.37      
7 E 1333 1176 112.48      
7 E 1333 1176 112.48      
8 E 393 347 19.71      
8 E 393 347 19.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11286.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8821) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9955.6 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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
ABC
5.91087 0.17030 0.17030

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.731
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.108
H3 0.000 0.971 -2.124
H4 0.841 -0.486 -2.124
H5 -0.841 -0.486 -2.124
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.348

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N12.83961.04771.04771.04771.3832
Cl22.83963.37533.37533.37531.4564
H31.04773.37531.68221.68222.0243
H41.04773.37531.68221.68222.0243
H51.04773.37531.68221.68222.0243
H61.38321.45642.02432.02432.0243

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 106.799
H3 N1 H5 106.799 H3 N1 H6 112.027
H4 N1 H5 106.799 H4 N1 H6 112.027
H5 N1 H6 112.027
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.417      
2 Cl -0.484      
3 H 0.231      
4 H 0.231      
5 H 0.231      
6 H 0.209      


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 -7.495 7.495
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.964 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.964 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.072
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.946 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.946 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.892
Polar
3z2-r211.783
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 0.810 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.810 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.375


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 68.344
(<r2>)1/2 8.267