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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.093314
Energy at 298.15K-204.097899
HF Energy-204.093314
Nuclear repulsion energy107.768721
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/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' 3173 3040 11.82      
2 A' 3037 2910 45.03      
3 A' 2264 2169 441.42      
4 A' 1521 1457 14.38      
5 A' 1475 1413 11.29      
6 A' 1349 1292 118.93      
7 A' 1159 1110 10.62      
8 A' 926 887 18.75      
9 A' 665 637 10.01      
10 A' 247 237 6.33      
11 A" 3097 2967 32.31      
12 A" 1523 1459 6.23      
13 A" 1120 1073 0.13      
14 A" 573 549 12.82      
15 A" 104 100 0.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11116.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10649.1 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
1.52160 0.17639 0.16299

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/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 0.723 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
C11.47402.29733.34831.09031.09721.0972
N21.47401.23462.37332.06612.13932.1393
N32.29731.23461.14323.16702.65122.6512
N43.34832.37331.14324.28433.53923.5392
H51.09032.06613.16704.28431.77941.7794
H61.09722.13932.65123.53921.77941.7872
H71.09722.13932.65123.53921.77941.7872

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 115.742 N2 C1 H5 106.401
N2 C1 H6 111.775 N2 C1 H7 111.775
N2 N3 N4 172.946 H5 C1 H6 108.865
H5 C1 H7 108.865 H6 C1 H7 109.056
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/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
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.610 1.788 0.000
y 1.788 -23.586 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.981
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.326 1.788 0.000
y 1.788 0.210 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.117
Polar
3z2-r22.233
x2-y2-1.024
xy1.788
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.594 -1.326 0.000
y -1.326 7.203 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.792


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.686
(<r2>)1/2 8.642