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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-516.961884
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-516.342239
Nuclear repulsion energy49.242539
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 CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVQZ
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 3495 3375 0.00      
2 A1 2406 2323 0.00      
3 A1 1127 1088 0.00      
4 A1 180 174 0.00      
5 E 3625 3500 0.00      
5 E 3625 3500 0.00      
6 E 1677 1620 0.00      
6 E 1677 1619 0.00      
7 E 755 729 0.00      
7 E 755 729 0.00      
8 E 219 212 0.00      
8 E 219 212 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9879.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9656) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9539.7 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVQZ
ABC
6.31776 0.14350 0.14350

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.914
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.199
H3 0.000 0.939 -2.286
H4 0.814 -0.470 -2.286
H5 -0.814 -0.470 -2.286
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.119

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.11281.01051.01051.01051.7949
Cl23.11283.60943.60943.60941.3179
H31.01053.60941.62711.62712.3620
H41.01053.60941.62711.62712.3620
H51.01053.60941.62711.62712.3620
H61.79491.31792.36202.36202.3620

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 107.244
H3 N1 H5 107.244 H3 N1 H6 111.616
H4 N1 H5 107.244 H4 N1 H6 111.616
H5 N1 H6 111.616
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability