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All results from a given calculation for NH3NH3 (Ammonia Dimer)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no    
1 2 no    

Conformer 1 ()

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-112.987519
Energy at 298.15K-112.993179
HF Energy-112.987519
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy40.814151
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 PBEPBE/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 Ag 3483 3446 0.00      
2 Ag 3356 3321 0.00      
3 Ag 1712 1694 0.00      
4 Ag 1151 1139 0.00      
5 Ag 534 528 0.00      
6 Ag 172 170 0.00      
7 Au 3509 3472 2.10      
8 Au 1734 1716 44.80      
9 Au 277 274 102.09      
10 Au 116 115 33.27      
11 Bg 3508 3472 0.00      
12 Bg 1719 1701 0.00      
13 Bg 145 143 0.00      
14 Bu 3481 3445 12.56      
15 Bu 3360 3325 48.06      
16 Bu 1680 1663 27.76      
17 Bu 1118 1106 390.66      
18 Bu 132 131 321.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15592.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15430.2 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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
ABC
4.53265 0.20139 0.19741

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.683 0.745 0.000
N2 0.000 1.511 0.000
N3 0.000 -1.511 0.000
H4 0.206 2.088 0.819
H5 0.206 2.088 -0.819
H6 -0.683 -0.745 0.000
H7 -0.206 -2.088 -0.819
H8 -0.206 -2.088 0.819

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 N2 N3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
H11.02592.35631.64391.64392.02043.07953.0795
N21.02593.02111.02281.02282.35633.69623.6962
N32.35633.02113.69623.69621.02591.02281.0228
H41.64391.02283.69621.63763.07954.50444.1962
H51.64391.02283.69621.63763.07954.19624.5044
H62.02042.35631.02593.07953.07951.64391.6439
H73.07953.69621.02284.50444.19621.64391.6376
H83.07953.69621.02284.19624.50441.64391.6376

picture of Ammonia Dimer state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 N2 H4 106.721 H1 N2 H5 106.721
H1 H3 N6 58.548 H1 H3 H7 126.768
H1 H3 H8 126.768 N2 H1 H3 121.452
H4 N2 H5 106.364 N6 H3 H7 106.721
N6 H3 H8 106.721 H7 H3 H8 106.364
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.343      
2 N -0.981      
3 N -0.981      
4 H 0.319      
5 H 0.319      
6 H 0.343      
7 H 0.319      
8 H 0.319      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.053 3.820 0.000
y 3.820 -9.310 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.537
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.130 3.820 0.000
y 3.820 5.485 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.644
Polar
3z2-r21.289
x2-y2-7.743
xy3.820
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.480 0.192 0.000
y 0.192 3.940 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.930


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 62.374
(<r2>)1/2 7.898

Conformer 2 ()

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-112.987519
Energy at 298.15K-112.993171
HF Energy-112.987519
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy40.823710
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 PBEPBE/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 A' 3483 3447 0.02      
2 A' 3482 3445 12.49      
3 A' 3360 3325 48.26      
4 A' 3356 3321 0.00      
5 A' 1712 1694 0.00      
6 A' 1680 1663 27.77      
7 A' 1151 1139 0.00      
8 A' 1118 1106 390.77      
9 A' 534 528 0.00      
10 A' 172 171 0.00      
11 A' 131 130 321.98      
12 A" 3509 3473 2.08      
13 A" 3508 3472 0.01      
14 A" 1734 1716 44.79      
15 A" 1719 1701 0.00      
16 A" 276 274 101.97      
17 A" 143 141 0.00      
18 A" 114 112 33.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15590.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15428.6 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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
ABC
4.53176 0.20160 0.19762

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.170 0.673 0.000
N2 -0.028 1.672 0.000
N3 -0.028 -1.581 0.000
H4 0.350 2.116 0.827
H5 0.350 2.116 -0.827
H6 -1.029 -1.422 0.000
H7 0.272 -2.059 -0.841
H8 0.272 -2.059 0.841

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 N2 N3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
H11.01782.26321.67221.67222.41372.86042.8604
N21.01783.25301.01151.01153.25143.83583.8358
N32.26323.25303.80703.80701.01361.01281.0128
H41.67221.01153.80701.65323.88564.49604.1751
H51.67221.01153.80701.65323.88564.17514.4960
H62.41373.25141.01363.88563.88561.67501.6750
H72.86043.83581.01284.49604.17511.67501.6828
H82.86043.83581.01284.17514.49601.67501.6828

picture of Ammonia Dimer state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 N2 H4 110.983 H1 N2 H5 110.983
H1 H3 N6 85.960 H1 H3 H7 116.340
H1 H3 H8 116.340 N2 H1 H3 163.786
H4 N2 H5 109.617 N6 H3 H7 111.501
N6 H3 H8 111.501 H7 H3 H8 112.355
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.343      
2 N -0.981      
3 N -0.981      
4 H 0.319      
5 H 0.319      
6 H 0.343      
7 H 0.319      
8 H 0.319      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.052 3.814 0.000
y 3.814 -9.312 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.538
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.127 3.814 0.000
y 3.814 5.483 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.644
Polar
3z2-r21.288
x2-y2-7.740
xy3.814
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.480 0.192 0.000
y 0.192 3.940 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.930


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 62.322
(<r2>)1/2 7.894