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All results from a given calculation for CH3N3 (methyl azide)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-202.913957
Energy at 298.15K-202.918752
HF Energy-202.913957
Nuclear repulsion energy110.064432
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 HF/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3315 2998 25.71      
2 A' 3172 2869 61.21      
3 A' 2459 2224 779.96      
4 A' 1630 1474 18.76      
5 A' 1592 1440 11.38      
6 A' 1384 1251 318.16      
7 A' 1268 1147 11.17      
8 A' 1014 917 30.82      
9 A' 739 668 8.08      
10 A' 276 250 4.99      
11 A" 3225 2917 64.94      
12 A" 1634 1478 6.96      
13 A" 1220 1104 2.31      
14 A" 660 597 22.77      
15 A" 120 109 1.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11853.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10720.6 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
1.44295 0.18808 0.17173

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.056 -1.529 0.000
N2 0.706 -0.278 0.000
N3 0.000 0.721 0.000
N4 -0.560 1.663 0.000
H5 0.666 -2.329 0.000
H6 -0.679 -1.623 0.884
H7 -0.679 -1.623 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46442.25063.23151.07791.08591.0859
N21.46441.22372.31762.05152.12352.1235
N32.25061.22371.09573.12232.59562.5956
N43.23152.31761.09574.17643.40503.4050
H51.07792.05153.12234.17641.75801.7580
H61.08592.12352.59563.40501.75801.7679
H71.08592.12352.59563.40501.75801.7679

picture of methyl azide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 N3 113.401 N2 C1 H5 106.608
N2 C1 H6 111.888 N2 C1 H7 111.888
N2 N3 N4 175.465 H5 C1 H6 108.678
H5 C1 H7 108.678 H6 C1 H7 108.984
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.462      
2 N -0.418      
3 N 0.386      
4 N -0.174      
5 H 0.238      
6 H 0.215      
7 H 0.215      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.128 -1.620 0.000 1.974
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.652 1.719 0.000
y 1.719 -23.211 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.386
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.353 1.719 0.000
y 1.719 1.307 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.045
Polar
3z2-r22.090
x2-y2-2.440
xy1.719
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.735 -1.453 0.000
y -1.453 6.804 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.789


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 71.935
(<r2>)1/2 8.481