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All results from a given calculation for CH2NH (Methanimine)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-94.621683
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-94.621683
Nuclear repulsion energy32.669622
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 BLYP/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' 3291 3279 7.45      
2 A' 3009 2997 46.47      
3 A' 2906 2895 70.03      
4 A' 1647 1640 18.52      
5 A' 1459 1453 3.90      
6 A' 1344 1339 44.68      
7 A' 1053 1049 33.59      
8 A" 1143 1138 45.68      
9 A" 1057 1053 14.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8454.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8421.1 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
6.49923 1.14591 0.97415

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.056 0.588 0.000
N2 0.056 -0.690 0.000
H3 -0.840 1.235 0.000
H4 1.022 1.113 0.000
H5 -0.913 -1.047 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5
C11.27731.10551.09941.9004
N21.27732.12282.04531.0334
H31.10552.12281.86592.2826
H41.09942.04531.86592.9003
H51.90041.03342.28262.9003

picture of Methanimine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 H5 110.218 N2 C1 H3 125.818
N2 C1 H4 118.569 H3 C1 H4 115.613
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.083      
2 N -0.274      
3 H 0.083      
4 H 0.109      
5 H 0.166      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.336 1.300 0.000 1.864
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.755 1.940 0.000
y 1.940 -12.836 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.499
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.412 1.940 0.000
y 1.940 -0.209 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.203
Polar
3z2-r2-2.406
x2-y21.081
xy1.940
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.808 0.230 0.000
y 0.230 3.945 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.547


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 19.817
(<r2>)1/2 4.452