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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/3-21G

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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/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-202.827041
Energy at 298.15K-202.831544
HF Energy-202.827041
Nuclear repulsion energy106.500528
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/3-21G
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' 3154 3024 3.63      
2 A' 3065 2938 22.52      
3 A' 2120 2033 348.51      
4 A' 1563 1499 17.23      
5 A' 1487 1425 11.28      
6 A' 1224 1174 125.28      
7 A' 1156 1108 12.56      
8 A' 852 817 7.99      
9 A' 663 635 11.54      
10 A' 249 238 7.19      
11 A" 3136 3007 19.63      
12 A" 1559 1495 10.72      
13 A" 1113 1067 0.06      
14 A" 532 510 10.41      
15 A" 80 77 1.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10976.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10522.7 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 M06-2X/3-21G
ABC
1.44328 0.17338 0.15951

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.104 -1.589 0.000
N2 0.704 -0.318 0.000
N3 0.000 0.731 0.000
N4 -0.495 1.768 0.000
H5 0.625 -2.397 0.000
H6 -0.731 -1.665 0.894
H7 -0.731 -1.665 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50552.32173.37901.08831.09441.0944
N21.50551.26302.40562.07962.16082.1608
N32.32171.26301.14903.18892.65912.6591
N43.37902.40561.14904.31203.55473.5547
H51.08832.07963.18894.31201.78121.7812
H61.09442.16082.65913.55471.78121.7884
H71.09442.16082.65913.55471.78121.7884

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 113.696 N2 C1 H5 105.471
N2 C1 H6 111.448 N2 C1 H7 111.448
N2 N3 N4 171.648 H5 C1 H6 109.390
H5 C1 H7 109.390 H6 C1 H7 109.593
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.427      
2 N -0.249      
3 N 0.012      
4 N -0.020      
5 H 0.244      
6 H 0.220      
7 H 0.220      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.153 -2.090 0.000 2.386
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.096 1.824 0.000
y 1.824 -22.949 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.316
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.964 1.824 0.000
y 1.824 1.257 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.707
Polar
3z2-r21.414
x2-y2-2.147
xy1.824
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.112 -1.342 0.000
y -1.342 6.933 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.249


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.905
(<r2>)1/2 8.712