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

using model chemistry: B1B95/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 B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.086757
Energy at 298.15K-204.091419
HF Energy-204.086757
Nuclear repulsion energy109.070601
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 B1B95/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' 3179 3047 7.92      
2 A' 3042 2915 44.51      
3 A' 2294 2198 586.12      
4 A' 1495 1433 20.32      
5 A' 1449 1389 2.57      
6 A' 1372 1315 141.56      
7 A' 1150 1103 11.84      
8 A' 950 910 19.53      
9 A' 690 661 8.84      
10 A' 250 240 6.11      
11 A" 3105 2976 25.54      
12 A" 1498 1436 8.09      
13 A" 1109 1063 0.48      
14 A" 609 584 6.60      
15 A" 111 106 0.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11150.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10688.1 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 B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.53224 0.18129 0.16723

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.064 -1.554 0.000
N2 0.678 -0.295 0.000
N3 0.000 0.719 0.000
N4 -0.522 1.715 0.000
H5 0.670 -2.349 0.000
H6 -0.688 -1.650 0.889
H7 -0.688 -1.650 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46112.27313.30061.08291.08981.0898
N21.46111.21942.34112.05422.11942.1194
N32.27311.21941.12503.14022.62212.6221
N43.30062.34111.12504.23563.48483.4848
H51.08292.05423.14024.23561.76691.7669
H61.08982.11942.62213.48481.76691.7772
H71.08982.11942.62213.48481.76691.7772

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 115.698 N2 C1 H5 106.758
N2 C1 H6 111.543 N2 C1 H7 111.543
N2 N3 N4 173.885 H5 C1 H6 108.828
H5 C1 H7 108.828 H6 C1 H7 109.246
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.821      
2 N -0.707      
3 N 1.245      
4 N -0.782      
5 H 0.404      
6 H 0.330      
7 H 0.330      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.634 -2.167 0.000 2.258
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.993 1.740 0.000
y 1.740 -23.752 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.192
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.521 1.740 0.000
y 1.740 0.340 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.181
Polar
3z2-r22.362
x2-y2-1.241
xy1.740
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.783 -1.252 0.000
y -1.252 8.193 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.017


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.365
(<r2>)1/2 8.565