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

using model chemistry: BLYP/TZVP

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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.380957
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.380957
Nuclear repulsion energy49.251940
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/TZVP
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 3367 3359 0.35      
2 A1 1997 1992 2158.88      
3 A1 1091 1089 96.31      
4 A1 206 205 37.06      
5 E 3488 3479 11.40      
5 E 3488 3479 11.40      
6 E 1627 1623 26.12      
6 E 1627 1623 26.12      
7 E 848 846 51.70      
7 E 848 846 51.70      
8 E 254 253 16.16      
8 E 254 253 16.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9547.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9523.9 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/TZVP
ABC
6.11377 0.14654 0.14654

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/TZVP

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.892
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.188
H3 0.000 0.955 -2.257
H4 0.827 -0.477 -2.257
H5 -0.827 -0.477 -2.257
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.183

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.07941.02251.02251.02251.7085
Cl23.07943.57483.57483.57481.3709
H31.02253.57481.65411.65412.2832
H41.02253.57481.65411.65412.2832
H51.02253.57481.65411.65412.2832
H61.70851.37092.28322.28322.2832

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 107.962
H3 N1 H5 107.962 H3 N1 H6 110.941
H4 N1 H5 107.962 H4 N1 H6 110.941
H5 N1 H6 110.941
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.592      
2 Cl -0.330      
3 H 0.231      
4 H 0.231      
5 H 0.231      
6 H 0.231      


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 -5.262 5.262
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.354 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.354 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.480
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.437 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.437 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.874
Polar
3z2-r29.749
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 2.666 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.666 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.563


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.784
(<r2>)1/2 8.876