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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/CEP-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 wB97X-D/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-27.253366
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-27.253366
Nuclear repulsion energy23.035275
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/CEP-31G*
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 3512 3512 5.28      
2 A1 2113 2113 2494.39      
3 A1 1195 1195 143.86      
4 A1 236 236 45.30      
5 E 3667 3667 17.65      
5 E 3667 3667 17.56      
6 E 1697 1697 29.52      
6 E 1697 1697 29.53      
7 E 915 915 89.91      
7 E 915 915 89.88      
8 E 256 256 17.55      
8 E 256 256 17.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10062.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10062.1 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 wB97X-D/CEP-31G*
ABC
6.14363 0.15216 0.15216

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/CEP-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.852
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.167
H3 0.000 0.953 -2.223
H4 0.825 -0.476 -2.223
H5 -0.825 -0.476 -2.223
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.206

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.01861.02241.02241.02241.6456
Cl23.01863.52113.52113.52111.3730
H31.02243.52111.65001.65002.2304
H41.02243.52111.65001.65002.2304
H51.02243.52111.65001.65002.2304
H61.64561.37302.23042.23042.2304

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 107.598
H3 N1 H5 107.598 H3 N1 H6 111.285
H4 N1 H5 107.598 H4 N1 H6 111.285
H5 N1 H6 111.285
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.845      
2 Cl -0.380      
3 H 0.318      
4 H 0.318      
5 H 0.318      
6 H 0.270      


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 -5.571 5.571
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.380 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.380 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.021
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.680 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.680 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.359
Polar
3z2-r210.719
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 2.081 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.080 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.734


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 55.253
(<r2>)1/2 7.433