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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.405239
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.405239
Nuclear repulsion energy49.470658
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 wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ
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 3515 3360 1.24      
2 A1 2166 2071 2088.21      
3 A1 1111 1062 125.95      
4 A1 186 178 37.26      
5 E 3644 3484 16.76      
5 E 3644 3484 16.80      
6 E 1667 1594 23.32      
6 E 1667 1594 23.36      
7 E 807 771 41.78      
7 E 807 771 41.77      
8 E 235 225 16.10      
8 E 235 224 16.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9842.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.956) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9409.0 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 wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ
ABC
6.25404 0.14634 0.14634

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.895
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.188
H3 0.000 0.944 -2.258
H4 0.818 -0.472 -2.258
H5 -0.818 -0.472 -2.258
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.151

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.08291.01141.01141.01141.7443
Cl23.08293.57243.57243.57241.3386
H31.01143.57241.63541.63542.3087
H41.01143.57241.63541.63542.3087
H51.01143.57241.63541.63542.3087
H61.74431.33862.30872.30872.3087

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 107.897
H3 N1 H5 107.897 H3 N1 H6 111.003
H4 N1 H5 107.897 H4 N1 H6 111.003
H5 N1 H6 111.003
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.344      
2 Cl -0.324      
3 H 0.155      
4 H 0.155      
5 H 0.155      
6 H 0.203      


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 -4.837 4.837
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.988 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.988 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.026
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.481 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.481 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.962
Polar
3z2-r29.923
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 3.105 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.105 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.358


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.563
(<r2>)1/2 8.864