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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.062360
Energy at 298.15K-204.066864
HF Energy-204.062360
Nuclear repulsion energy106.509554
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/6-31+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 A' 3086 3070 10.06      
2 A' 2948 2933 52.65      
3 A' 2128 2117 419.90      
4 A' 1456 1449 15.46      
5 A' 1413 1406 11.70      
6 A' 1276 1270 100.25      
7 A' 1111 1105 10.86      
8 A' 866 861 15.60      
9 A' 627 624 11.47      
10 A' 238 237 6.54      
11 A" 3008 2992 31.98      
12 A" 1459 1451 7.36      
13 A" 1073 1067 0.23      
14 A" 516 513 4.94      
15 A" 114 113 0.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10659.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10603.4 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/6-31+G**
ABC
1.52455 0.17124 0.15869

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.090 -1.596 0.000
N2 0.677 -0.319 0.000
N3 0.000 0.729 0.000
N4 -0.487 1.783 0.000
H5 0.655 -2.401 0.000
H6 -0.721 -1.689 0.901
H7 -0.721 -1.689 -0.901

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49002.32663.40251.09651.10371.1037
N21.49001.24692.40222.08212.15462.1546
N32.32661.24691.16133.19712.67872.6787
N43.40252.40221.16134.33673.59453.5945
H51.09652.08213.19714.33671.79211.7921
H61.10372.15462.67873.59451.79211.8018
H71.10372.15462.67873.59451.79211.8018

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 116.169 N2 C1 H5 106.226
N2 C1 H6 111.472 N2 C1 H7 111.472
N2 N3 N4 171.916 H5 C1 H6 109.081
H5 C1 H7 109.081 H6 C1 H7 109.417
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.390      
2 N -0.539      
3 N 0.980      
4 N -0.531      
5 H 0.166      
6 H 0.157      
7 H 0.157      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.692 -2.514 0.000 2.608
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.455 1.913 0.000
y 1.913 -24.477 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.725
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.354 1.913 0.000
y 1.913 0.113 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.241
Polar
3z2-r22.482
x2-y2-0.978
xy1.913
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.528 -1.469 0.000
y -1.469 8.535 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.672


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.776
(<r2>)1/2 8.762