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

using model chemistry: LSDA/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.027323
Energy at 298.15K-203.031854
HF Energy-203.027323
Nuclear repulsion energy108.007898
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 LSDA/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3102 3067 2.51      
2 A' 2951 2917 40.78      
3 A' 2269 2243 462.27      
4 A' 1420 1404 60.67      
5 A' 1380 1365 4.73      
6 A' 1345 1330 30.11      
7 A' 1089 1077 13.43      
8 A' 959 948 17.20      
9 A' 645 638 9.82      
10 A' 236 233 7.26      
11 A" 3024 2990 15.42      
12 A" 1394 1378 11.09      
13 A" 1045 1034 0.00      
14 A" 549 542 4.90      
15 A" 96 95 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10751.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9887) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10630.1 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 LSDA/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.62247 0.17506 0.16304

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.070 -1.571 0.000
N2 0.649 -0.317 0.000
N3 0.000 0.720 0.000
N4 -0.484 1.764 0.000
H5 0.680 -2.379 0.000
H6 -0.706 -1.680 0.903
H7 -0.706 -1.680 -0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.44602.29283.36081.10221.10981.1098
N21.44601.22382.36962.06182.12362.1236
N32.29281.22381.15043.17272.66002.6600
N43.36082.36961.15044.30303.56723.5672
H51.10222.06183.17274.30301.79591.7959
H61.10982.12362.66003.56721.79591.8066
H71.10982.12362.66003.56721.79591.8066

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 118.122 N2 C1 H5 107.244
N2 C1 H6 111.705 N2 C1 H7 111.705
N2 N3 N4 172.857 H5 C1 H6 108.562
H5 C1 H7 108.562 H6 C1 H7 108.959
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.759      
2 N -0.249      
3 N 0.552      
4 N -0.566      
5 H -0.258      
6 H -0.119      
7 H -0.119      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.495 -2.503 0.000 2.551
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.052 1.765 0.000
y 1.765 -24.442 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.502
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.080 1.765 0.000
y 1.765 -0.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.245
Polar
3z2-r22.489
x2-y2-0.610
xy1.765
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.893 -1.228 0.000
y -1.228 8.758 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.192


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.141
(<r2>)1/2 8.668