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All results from a given calculation for CH2NH (Methanimine)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-94.131513
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-94.131513
Nuclear repulsion energy32.883620
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/6-311G**
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' 3353 3311 0.30      
2 A' 3020 2983 33.77      
3 A' 2918 2882 55.44      
4 A' 1703 1682 23.02      
5 A' 1442 1425 4.63      
6 A' 1314 1298 44.18      
7 A' 1038 1025 40.05      
8 A" 1139 1125 49.97      
9 A" 1058 1045 19.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8492.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9877) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8387.6 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/6-311G**
ABC
6.48469 1.16770 0.98952

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.056 0.581 0.000
N2 0.056 -0.682 0.000
H3 -0.844 1.228 0.000
H4 1.025 1.107 0.000
H5 -0.910 -1.045 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5
C11.26281.10841.10291.8916
N21.26282.11112.03491.0322
H31.10842.11111.87312.2740
H41.10292.03491.87312.8947
H51.89161.03222.27402.8947

picture of Methanimine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 H5 110.618 N2 C1 H3 125.694
N2 C1 H4 118.514 H3 C1 H4 115.792
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.156      
2 N -0.299      
3 H 0.119      
4 H 0.145      
5 H 0.191      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.414 1.313 0.000 1.930
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.594 2.029 0.000
y 2.029 -12.729 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.564
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.553 2.029 0.000
y 2.029 -0.150 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.402
Polar
3z2-r2-2.805
x2-y21.135
xy2.029
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.794 0.212 0.000
y 0.212 3.900 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.548


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 19.626
(<r2>)1/2 4.430