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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.175250
Energy at 298.15K-204.179888
HF Energy-204.175250
Nuclear repulsion energy108.444476
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3145 3042 8.80      
2 A' 3014 2916 45.14      
3 A' 2234 2162 556.08      
4 A' 1494 1445 15.68      
5 A' 1450 1403 6.77      
6 A' 1336 1293 140.08      
7 A' 1149 1112 10.56      
8 A' 916 886 18.80      
9 A' 676 655 10.19      
10 A' 250 242 5.99      
11 A" 3069 2969 27.19      
12 A" 1498 1449 7.65      
13 A" 1109 1073 0.56      
14 A" 590 571 6.19      
15 A" 113 109 0.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11021.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10663.2 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.53342 0.17849 0.16488

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.070 -1.567 0.000
N2 0.676 -0.299 0.000
N3 0.000 0.724 0.000
N4 -0.513 1.731 0.000
H5 0.668 -2.363 0.000
H6 -0.695 -1.663 0.891
H7 -0.695 -1.663 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47202.29223.32821.08511.09221.0922
N21.47201.22582.35272.06432.12972.1297
N32.29221.22581.13073.15812.64092.6409
N43.32822.35271.13074.26113.51413.5141
H51.08512.06433.15814.26111.77191.7719
H61.09222.12972.64093.51411.77191.7814
H71.09222.12972.64093.51411.77191.7814

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 116.053 N2 C1 H5 106.683
N2 C1 H6 111.454 N2 C1 H7 111.454
N2 N3 N4 173.519 H5 C1 H6 108.941
H5 C1 H7 108.941 H6 C1 H7 109.280
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.530      
2 N -0.690      
3 N 1.174      
4 N -0.755      
5 H 0.313      
6 H 0.244      
7 H 0.244      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.631 -2.237 0.000 2.324
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.238 1.787 0.000
y 1.787 -24.105 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.434
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.468 1.787 0.000
y 1.787 0.231 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.237
Polar
3z2-r22.474
x2-y2-1.133
xy1.787
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.862 -1.255 0.000
y -1.255 8.383 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.090


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.351
(<r2>)1/2 8.623