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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.371308
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.371308
Nuclear repulsion energy50.069642
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 B97D3/6-31+G**
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 3422 3363 0.33      
2 A1 1883 1851 2627.11      
3 A1 1120 1101 96.56      
4 A1 226 222 56.06      
5 E 3568 3506 19.90      
5 E 3568 3506 19.90      
6 E 1646 1618 30.56      
6 E 1646 1618 30.56      
7 E 932 916 59.66      
7 E 932 916 59.66      
8 E 283 278 14.12      
8 E 283 278 14.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9753.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9828) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9586.1 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 B97D3/6-31+G**
ABC
6.13946 0.15361 0.15361

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31+G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.844
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.161
H3 0.000 0.953 -2.206
H4 0.825 -0.476 -2.206
H5 -0.825 -0.476 -2.206
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.211

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.00551.01941.01941.01941.6338
Cl23.00553.49983.49983.49981.3717
H31.01943.49981.65061.65062.2116
H41.01943.49981.65061.65062.2116
H51.01943.49981.65061.65062.2116
H61.63381.37172.21162.21162.2116

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 108.109
H3 N1 H5 108.109 H3 N1 H6 110.802
H4 N1 H5 108.109 H4 N1 H6 110.802
H5 N1 H6 110.802
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.900      
2 Cl -0.312      
3 H 0.334      
4 H 0.334      
5 H 0.334      
6 H 0.210      


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 -5.507 5.507
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.446 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.446 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.666
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.390 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.390 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.780
Polar
3z2-r29.561
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 3.051 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.051 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 6.084


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.880
(<r2>)1/2 8.711