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

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

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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.407660
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.407660
Nuclear repulsion energy49.601208
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-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 3513 3361 0.25      
2 A1 2120 2028 2241.63      
3 A1 1107 1059 138.68      
4 A1 184 176 42.84      
5 E 3642 3484 19.12      
5 E 3642 3484 19.17      
6 E 1663 1591 22.93      
6 E 1663 1591 22.98      
7 E 816 780 31.58      
7 E 816 780 31.58      
8 E 237 227 13.17      
8 E 237 227 13.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9819.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9393.6 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-pVTZ
ABC
6.24321 0.14760 0.14760

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.887
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.183
H3 0.000 0.945 -2.247
H4 0.818 -0.473 -2.247
H5 -0.818 -0.473 -2.247
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.159

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.06961.01131.01131.01131.7282
Cl23.06963.55763.55763.55761.3414
H31.01133.55761.63681.63682.2922
H41.01133.55761.63681.63682.2922
H51.01133.55761.63681.63682.2922
H61.72821.34142.29222.29222.2922

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 108.046
H3 N1 H5 108.046 H3 N1 H6 110.861
H4 N1 H5 108.046 H4 N1 H6 110.861
H5 N1 H6 110.861
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.150      
2 Cl -0.369      
3 H 0.078      
4 H 0.078      
5 H 0.078      
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 -4.693 4.693
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.235 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.235 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.387
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.424 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.424 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.847
Polar
3z2-r29.695
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 4.312 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.312 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.469


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.184
(<r2>)1/2 8.842