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

using model chemistry: BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.397517
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.397517
Nuclear repulsion energy49.324595
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 BLYP/aug-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 3369 3358 0.00      
2 A1 1987 1980 2327.85      
3 A1 1086 1082 81.81      
4 A1 196 195 42.32      
5 E 3485 3473 15.09      
5 E 3485 3473 15.09      
6 E 1622 1617 20.92      
6 E 1622 1617 20.92      
7 E 833 830 23.33      
7 E 833 830 23.33      
8 E 251 250 12.08      
8 E 251 250 12.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9510.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9966) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9477.9 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 BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
6.13888 0.14691 0.14691

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.889
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.186
H3 0.000 0.953 -2.256
H4 0.825 -0.477 -2.256
H5 -0.825 -0.477 -2.256
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.180

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.07521.02121.02121.02121.7092
Cl23.07523.57163.57163.57161.3661
H31.02123.57161.65071.65072.2844
H41.02123.57161.65071.65072.2844
H51.02123.57161.65071.65072.2844
H61.70921.36612.28442.28442.2844

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 107.841
H3 N1 H5 107.841 H3 N1 H6 111.056
H4 N1 H5 107.841 H4 N1 H6 111.056
H5 N1 H6 111.056
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.169      
2 Cl -0.310      
3 H 0.095      
4 H 0.095      
5 H 0.095      
6 H 0.194      


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 -20.723 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.723 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.894
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.415 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.415 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.829
Polar
3z2-r29.659
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 4.563 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.563 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.309


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.863
(<r2>)1/2 8.880