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All results from a given calculation for CH2NH (Methanimine)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-94.596919
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-94.596919
Nuclear repulsion energy32.638162
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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3295 3277 6.83      
2 A' 3027 3011 40.00      
3 A' 2928 2912 55.98      
4 A' 1654 1645 18.45      
5 A' 1457 1449 3.03      
6 A' 1334 1327 43.80      
7 A' 1042 1036 34.02      
8 A" 1140 1134 37.96      
9 A" 1051 1046 10.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8464.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8417.7 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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
6.50393 1.14276 0.97198

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.056 0.588 0.000
N2 0.056 -0.691 0.000
H3 -0.839 1.238 0.000
H4 1.022 1.116 0.000
H5 -0.914 -1.048 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5
C11.27871.10571.10071.9024
N21.27872.12562.04851.0338
H31.10572.12561.86492.2872
H41.10072.04851.86492.9037
H51.90241.03382.28722.9037

picture of Methanimine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 H5 110.253 N2 C1 H3 125.967
N2 C1 H4 118.650 H3 C1 H4 115.384
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.137      
2 N -0.277      
3 H 0.094      
4 H 0.110      
5 H 0.210      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.238 1.246 0.000 1.757
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.580 1.810 0.000
y 1.810 -12.568 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.207
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.307 1.810 0.000
y 1.810 -0.174 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.133
Polar
3z2-r2-2.265
x2-y20.988
xy1.810
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.811 0.287 0.000
y 0.287 3.751 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.525


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 19.690
(<r2>)1/2 4.437