NH4+

• Formula: H₄N⁺
• Molecular weight: 18.0379
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/H3N/h1H3/p+1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QGZKDVFQNNGYKY-UHFFFAOYSA-O Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 14798-03-9
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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 229; Jacox, 1998, page 266; Crofton and Oka, 1987; Signorell, Palm, et al., 1997

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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Crofton and Oka, 1983
Crofton, M.; Oka, T., Infrared studies of molecular ions. I. The ν3 band of NH4+, J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 79, 6, 3157, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.446147 . [all data]

Schaeffer, Begemann, et al., 1983
Schaeffer, E.; Begemann, M.H.; Gudeman, C.S.; Saykally, R.J., The ν3 vibrational spectrum of the free ammonium ion (NH4+), J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 79, 6, 3159, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.446148 . [all data]

Schafer, Saykally, et al., 1984
Schafer, E.; Saykally, R.J.; Robiette, A.G., A high resolution study of the ν3 band of the ammonium ion (NH+4) by velocity modulation laser absorption spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys., 1984, 80, 9, 3969, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.447279 . [all data]

Keim, Polak, et al., 1990
Keim, E.R.; Polak, M.L.; Owrutsky, J.C.; Coe, J.V.; Saykally, R.J., Absolute infrared vibrational band intensities of molecular ions determined by direct laser absorption spectroscopy in fast ion beams, J. Chem. Phys., 1990, 93, 5, 3111, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.458845 . [all data]

Dopfer, Nizkorodov, et al., 1996
Dopfer, O.; Nizkorodov, S.A.; Meuwly, M.; Bieske, E.J.; Maier, J.P., The ν3 infrared spectrum of the He«58872»NH4+ complex, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1996, 260, 5-6, 545, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(96)00919-0 . [all data]

Lakin, Olkhov, et al., 2001
Lakin, N.M.; Olkhov, R.V.; Dopfer, O., Internal rotation in NH4+--Rg dimers (Rg=He, Ne, Ar): Potential energy surfaces and IR spectra of the ν3 band, Faraday Discuss., 2001, 118, 455, https://doi.org/10.1039/b010232f . [all data]

Bieske, Nizkorodov, et al., 1996
Bieske, E.J.; Nizkorodov, S.A.; Dopfer, O.; Maier, J.P.; Stickland, R.J.; Cotterell, B.J.; Howard, B.J., Observation of the infrared spectrum of the ν3 band of the argon-ammonium ionic complex, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1996, 250, 3-4, 266, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(96)00029-2 . [all data]

Dopfer, Nizkorodov, et al., 1997
Dopfer, O.; Nizkorodov, S.A.; Meuwly, M.; Bieske, E.J.; Maier, J.P., Microsolvation of the ammonium ion in argon: infrared spectra of NH4+«58872»Arn complexes (n = 1--7), Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1997, 167/168, 637, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1176(97)00111-0 . [all data]

Lakin, Dopfer, et al., 2000
Lakin, N.M.; Dopfer, O.; Meuwly, M.; Howard, B.J.; Maier, J.P., The intermolecular potential of NH, Mol. Phys., 2000, 98, 2, 63, https://doi.org/10.1080/00268970009483270 . [all data]

Lakin, Dopfer, et al., 2000, 2
Lakin, N.M.; Dopfer, O.; Howard, B.J.; Maier, J.P., The inter molecular potential of NH, Mol. Phys., 2000, 98, 2, 81, https://doi.org/10.1080/00268970009483271 . [all data]

Jacox and Thompson, 2005
Jacox, M.E.; Thompson, W.E., Infrared spectrum of the NH4-dn+ cation trapped in solid neon, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2005, 7, 5, 768, https://doi.org/10.1039/b414641g . [all data]

Polak, Gruebele, et al., 1989
Polak, M.; Gruebele, M.; DeKock, B.W.; Saykally, R.J., Velocity modulation infrared laser spectroscopy of molecular ions, Mol. Phys., 1989, 66, 6, 1193, https://doi.org/10.1080/00268978900100801 . [all data]

Park, Xia, et al., 1996
Park, J.; Xia, C.; Selby, S.; Foster, S.C., The ν4Band of Ammonium, NH+4, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1996, 179, 1, 150, https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsp.1996.0193 . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

Jacox, 1998
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement A, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 2, 115-393, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556017 . [all data]

Crofton and Oka, 1987
Crofton, M.W.; Oka, T., Observation of forbidden transitions of ammonium ion (NH+4) ν3 band and determination of ground state rotational constants. Observation of ν3 band allowed transitions of ND+4, J. Chem. Phys., 1987, 86, 11, 5983, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.452484 . [all data]

Signorell, Palm, et al., 1997
Signorell, R.; Palm, H.; Merkt, F., Structure of the ammonium radical from a rotationally resolved photoelectron spectrum, J. Chem. Phys., 1997, 106, 16, 6523, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.473653 . [all data]

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