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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.998713
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-203.998713
Nuclear repulsion energy108.474160
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 M06-2X/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' 3206 3036 7.62      
2 A' 3075 2912 37.66      
3 A' 2353 2228 531.65      
4 A' 1523 1442 18.69      
5 A' 1474 1396 4.24      
6 A' 1380 1307 155.92      
7 A' 1161 1100 11.07      
8 A' 969 918 21.21      
9 A' 690 654 7.60      
10 A' 243 230 5.99      
11 A" 3144 2978 26.37      
12 A" 1523 1442 7.05      
13 A" 1121 1062 0.36      
14 A" 609 576 15.59      
15 A" 22i 21i 0.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11224.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10629.5 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 M06-2X/6-31G*
ABC
1.45753 0.18142 0.16646

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.061 -1.551 0.000
N2 0.701 -0.294 0.000
N3 0.000 0.720 0.000
N4 -0.548 1.709 0.000
H5 0.674 -2.355 0.000
H6 -0.689 -1.644 0.893
H7 -0.689 -1.644 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47022.27153.29681.08861.09551.0955
N21.47021.23202.36072.06112.13342.1334
N32.27151.23201.13163.14712.61842.6184
N43.29682.36071.13164.24383.47263.4726
H51.08862.06113.14714.24381.77761.7776
H61.09552.13342.61843.47261.77761.7856
H71.09552.13342.61843.47261.77761.7856

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 114.114 N2 C1 H5 106.355
N2 C1 H6 111.668 N2 C1 H7 111.668
N2 N3 N4 174.304 H5 C1 H6 108.944
H5 C1 H7 108.944 H6 C1 H7 109.166
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.344      
2 N -0.377      
3 N 0.404      
4 N -0.253      
5 H 0.203      
6 H 0.183      
7 H 0.183      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.855 -2.033 0.000 2.205
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.975 1.726 0.000
y 1.726 -23.208 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.145
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.799 1.726 0.000
y 1.726 0.852 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.947
Polar
3z2-r21.894
x2-y2-1.767
xy1.726
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.676 -1.424 0.000
y -1.424 7.024 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.799


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.479
(<r2>)1/2 8.572