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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-511.608050
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-511.608050
Nuclear repulsion energy51.468682
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/STO-3G
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 3606 3606 2.17      
2 A1 2288 2288 3476.78      
3 A1 1328 1328 23.94      
4 A1 472 472 19.09      
5 E 3855 3855 16.29      
5 E 3855 3855 16.31      
6 E 1835 1835 10.94      
6 E 1835 1835 11.03      
7 E 1266 1266 125.40      
7 E 1266 1266 125.44      
8 E 351 351 12.10      
8 E 351 351 12.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11153.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11153.8 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 M06-2X/STO-3G
ABC
5.89539 0.17112 0.17112

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/STO-3G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.728
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.105
H3 0.000 0.972 -2.115
H4 0.842 -0.486 -2.115
H5 -0.842 -0.486 -2.115
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.347

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N12.83381.04641.04641.04641.3811
Cl22.83383.36383.36383.36381.4527
H31.04643.36381.68441.68442.0174
H41.04643.36381.68441.68442.0174
H51.04643.36381.68441.68442.0174
H61.38111.45272.01742.01742.0174

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 107.190
H3 N1 H5 107.190 H3 N1 H6 111.666
H4 N1 H5 107.190 H4 N1 H6 111.666
H5 N1 H6 111.666
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.417      
2 Cl -0.491      
3 H 0.229      
4 H 0.229      
5 H 0.229      
6 H 0.222      


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 -7.488 7.488
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.956 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.956 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.312
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.822 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.822 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.644
Polar
3z2-r211.288
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 0.841 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.840 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.332


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 68.099
(<r2>)1/2 8.252