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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.413038
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.413038
Nuclear repulsion energy50.082935
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 B97D3/6-311G**
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 3415 3366 1.39      
2 A1 1843 1817 2701.37      
3 A1 1117 1101 65.54      
4 A1 227 224 59.74      
5 E 3545 3495 12.64      
5 E 3545 3495 12.64      
6 E 1645 1622 24.44      
6 E 1645 1622 24.44      
7 E 935 922 51.26      
7 E 935 922 51.26      
8 E 278 274 14.86      
8 E 278 274 14.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9704.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9565.2 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 B97D3/6-311G**
ABC
6.16747 0.15371 0.15371

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.843
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.161
H3 0.000 0.951 -2.207
H4 0.823 -0.475 -2.207
H5 -0.823 -0.475 -2.207
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.215

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.00411.01811.01811.01811.6277
Cl23.00413.49983.49983.49981.3765
H31.01813.49981.64681.64682.2070
H41.01813.49981.64681.64682.2070
H51.01813.49981.64681.64682.2070
H61.62771.37652.20702.20702.2070

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 107.951
H3 N1 H5 107.951 H3 N1 H6 110.952
H4 N1 H5 107.951 H4 N1 H6 110.951
H5 N1 H6 110.951
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.541      
2 Cl -0.381      
3 H 0.234      
4 H 0.234      
5 H 0.234      
6 H 0.220      


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 -5.720 5.720
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.426 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.426 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.225
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.600 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.600 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.200
Polar
3z2-r210.401
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 2.526 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.526 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.366


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.742
(<r2>)1/2 8.703