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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ

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/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.376652
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.376652
Nuclear repulsion energy49.782067
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/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3508 3358 0.70      
2 A1 2035 1948 2544.08      
3 A1 1119 1072 118.59      
4 A1 212 203 51.70      
5 E 3646 3490 19.45      
5 E 3646 3490 19.48      
6 E 1635 1565 23.06      
6 E 1635 1565 23.10      
7 E 860 823 31.92      
7 E 860 823 31.91      
8 E 251 241 13.49      
8 E 251 240 13.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9828.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9573) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9408.6 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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
6.21976 0.15043 0.15043

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.864
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.173
H3 0.000 0.947 -2.234
H4 0.820 -0.473 -2.234
H5 -0.820 -0.473 -2.234
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.190

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.03721.01651.01651.01651.6740
Cl23.03723.53633.53633.53631.3632
H31.01653.53631.63991.63992.2527
H41.01653.53631.63991.63992.2527
H51.01653.53631.63991.63992.2527
H61.67401.36322.25272.25272.2527

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 107.534
H3 N1 H5 107.534 H3 N1 H6 111.345
H4 N1 H5 107.534 H4 N1 H6 111.345
H5 N1 H6 111.345
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.096      
2 Cl -0.265      
3 H 0.026      
4 H 0.026      
5 H 0.026      
6 H 0.283      


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 -5.015 5.015
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.362 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.362 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.254
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.554 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.554 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.108
Polar
3z2-r210.217
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 4.088 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.088 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.454


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.073
(<r2>)1/2 8.779