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

using model chemistry: G3B3

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at G3B3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.964949
Energy at 298.15K-203.959467
HF Energy-204.093318
Nuclear repulsion energy107.766299
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 B3LYP/6-31G*
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' 3174 3048 11.84      
2 A' 3038 2917 45.05      
3 A' 2264 2174 441.45      
4 A' 1521 1461 14.42      
5 A' 1475 1416 11.23      
6 A' 1349 1296 118.84      
7 A' 1159 1113 10.65      
8 A' 926 890 18.76      
9 A' 665 639 10.02      
10 A' 247 237 6.33      
11 A" 3097 2975 32.34      
12 A" 1523 1462 6.22      
13 A" 1120 1075 0.13      
14 A" 574 551 12.82      
15 A" 105 101 0.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11118.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10676.6 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
ABC
1.52183 0.17638 0.16298

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.076 -1.573 0.000
N2 0.680 -0.307 0.000
N3 0.000 0.724 0.000
N4 -0.507 1.748 0.000
H5 0.664 -2.373 0.000
H6 -0.705 -1.671 0.894
H7 -0.705 -1.671 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47402.29743.34841.09031.09721.0972
N21.47401.23462.37332.06612.13932.1393
N32.29741.23461.14323.16712.65132.6513
N43.34842.37331.14324.28443.53933.5393
H51.09032.06613.16714.28441.77941.7794
H61.09722.13932.65133.53931.77941.7872
H71.09722.13932.65133.53931.77941.7872

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 115.993 N2 C1 H5 106.427
N2 C1 H6 111.772 N2 C1 H7 111.772
N2 N3 N4 172.814 H5 C1 H6 108.828
H5 C1 H7 108.828 H6 C1 H7 109.106
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.308      
2 N -0.353      
3 N 0.401      
4 N -0.267      
5 H 0.186      
6 H 0.170      
7 H 0.170      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.726 -2.245 0.000 2.360
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.688
(<r2>)1/2 8.642