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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.381851
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.381851
Nuclear repulsion energy49.580298
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 BLYP/6-311G**
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 3371 3358 1.02      
2 A1 1871 1863 2502.01      
3 A1 1112 1108 65.37      
4 A1 220 220 50.46      
5 E 3489 3476 10.61      
5 E 3489 3476 10.61      
6 E 1632 1626 24.09      
6 E 1632 1626 24.09      
7 E 910 906 50.62      
7 E 910 906 50.62      
8 E 280 279 14.83      
8 E 280 279 14.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9598.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9561.1 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
6.11033 0.14995 0.14995

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.867
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.175
H3 0.000 0.955 -2.235
H4 0.827 -0.478 -2.235
H5 -0.827 -0.478 -2.235
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.208

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.04211.02371.02371.02371.6587
Cl23.04213.54143.54143.54141.3834
H31.02373.54141.65451.65452.2406
H41.02373.54141.65451.65452.2406
H51.02373.54141.65451.65452.2406
H61.65871.38342.24062.24062.2406

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 107.823
H3 N1 H5 107.823 H3 N1 H6 111.073
H4 N1 H5 107.823 H4 N1 H6 111.073
H5 N1 H6 111.073
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.522      
2 Cl -0.368      
3 H 0.228      
4 H 0.228      
5 H 0.228      
6 H 0.206      


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 -5.675 5.675
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.760 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.760 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.438
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.661 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.661 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.322
Polar
3z2-r210.645
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 2.578 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.578 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.528


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.501
(<r2>)1/2 8.803