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

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31+G**

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/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-516.643069
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-516.279432
Nuclear repulsion energy48.382457
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/6-31+G**
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 3553 3348 0.00      
2 A1 2692 2536 1066.88      
3 A1 1179 1111 172.02      
4 A1 171 162 12.22      
5 E 3695 3482 10.22      
5 E 3695 3482 10.22      
6 E 1706 1607 27.54      
6 E 1706 1607 27.54      
7 E 697 656 82.35      
7 E 697 656 82.35      
8 E 233 219 19.73      
8 E 233 219 19.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10127.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9543.1 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/6-31+G**
ABC
6.28952 0.13559 0.13559

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.974
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.231
H3 0.000 0.942 -2.350
H4 0.815 -0.471 -2.350
H5 -0.815 -0.471 -2.350
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.067

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.20511.01391.01391.01391.9063
Cl23.20513.70293.70293.70291.2988
H31.01393.70291.63081.63082.4690
H41.01393.70291.63081.63082.4690
H51.01393.70291.63081.63082.4690
H61.90631.29882.46902.46902.4690

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 107.072
H3 N1 H5 107.072 H3 N1 H6 111.775
H4 N1 H5 107.072 H4 N1 H6 111.775
H5 N1 H6 111.775
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability