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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.397514
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.397514
Nuclear repulsion energy49.447216
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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3442 3338 2.12      
2 A1 2143 2079 2197.88      
3 A1 1127 1093 66.32      
4 A1 219 213 35.36      
5 E 3565 3459 12.59      
5 E 3565 3459 12.59      
6 E 1651 1601 16.13      
6 E 1651 1601 16.13      
7 E 861 835 51.62      
7 E 861 835 51.62      
8 E 243 236 18.01      
8 E 243 236 18.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9784.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9491.3 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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
6.21511 0.14805 0.14805

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.876
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.183
H3 0.000 0.947 -2.263
H4 0.820 -0.474 -2.263
H5 -0.820 -0.474 -2.263
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.179

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.05901.02321.02321.02321.6970
Cl23.05903.57393.57393.57391.3620
H31.02323.57391.64051.64052.2893
H41.02323.57391.64051.64052.2893
H51.02323.57391.64051.64052.2893
H61.69701.36202.28932.28932.2893

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 106.577
H3 N1 H5 106.577 H3 N1 H6 112.230
H4 N1 H5 106.577 H4 N1 H6 112.230
H5 N1 H6 112.230
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.161      
2 Cl -0.345      
3 H 0.107      
4 H 0.107      
5 H 0.107      
6 H 0.186      


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 -5.348 5.348
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.841 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.841 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.320
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.761 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.761 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.521
Polar
3z2-r211.042
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 2.312 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.312 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.705


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.758
(<r2>)1/2 8.818