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

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-516.411758
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-516.226464
Nuclear repulsion energy50.648630
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 CCD/6-31G
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 3448 3308 23.39      
2 A1 1483 1422 2816.14      
3 A1 1391 1335 1570.26      
4 A1 385 369 200.62      
5 E 3587 3442 55.01      
5 E 3587 3442 55.01      
6 E 1751 1680 27.52      
6 E 1751 1680 27.52      
7 E 1600 1535 114.60      
7 E 1600 1535 114.60      
8 E 374 359 4.72      
8 E 374 359 4.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10664.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9595) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10233.0 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 CCD/6-31G
ABC
5.91610 0.16333 0.16333

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.775
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.137
H3 0.000 0.971 -2.098
H4 0.841 -0.485 -2.098
H5 -0.841 -0.485 -2.098
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.610

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N12.91161.02311.02311.02311.1651
Cl22.91163.37723.37723.37721.7464
H31.02313.37721.68151.68151.7769
H41.02313.37721.68151.68151.7769
H51.02313.37721.68151.68151.7769
H61.16511.74641.77691.77691.7769

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 110.513
H3 N1 H5 110.513 H3 N1 H6 108.408
H4 N1 H5 110.513 H4 N1 H6 108.408
H5 N1 H6 108.408
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability