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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-517.387767
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-517.387767
Nuclear repulsion energy49.726176
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3482 3352 0.98      
2 A1 2048 1971 2363.56      
3 A1 1135 1093 140.71      
4 A1 205 197 46.20      
5 E 3619 3484 21.79      
5 E 3619 3484 21.78      
6 E 1668 1606 31.93      
6 E 1668 1606 31.93      
7 E 895 861 66.47      
7 E 895 861 66.47      
8 E 287 276 15.34      
8 E 287 276 15.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9903.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9533.7 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
6.16483 0.14982 0.14982

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.871
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.175
H3 0.000 0.951 -2.231
H4 0.824 -0.476 -2.231
H5 -0.824 -0.476 -2.231
H6 0.000 0.000 -0.182

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5 H6
N13.04551.01701.01701.01701.6885
Cl23.04553.53613.53613.53611.3570
H31.01703.53611.64721.64722.2588
H41.01703.53611.64721.64722.2588
H51.01703.53611.64721.64722.2588
H61.68851.35702.25882.25882.2588

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 108.160
H3 N1 H5 108.160 H3 N1 H6 110.752
H4 N1 H5 108.160 H4 N1 H6 110.752
H5 N1 H6 110.752
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.911      
2 Cl -0.296      
3 H 0.330      
4 H 0.330      
5 H 0.330      
6 H 0.218      


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 -5.272 5.272
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.587 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.587 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.887
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.350 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.350 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.700
Polar
3z2-r29.400
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 2.998 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.998 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.782


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.518
(<r2>)1/2 8.804