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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.960698
Energy at 298.15K-203.965304
HF Energy-203.725827
Nuclear repulsion energy107.792405
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 B2PLYP/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' 3179 3179 10.66      
2 A' 3041 3041 47.32      
3 A' 2197 2197 413.02      
4 A' 1509 1509 14.94      
5 A' 1463 1463 14.52      
6 A' 1333 1333 100.62      
7 A' 1157 1157 12.59      
8 A' 926 926 17.39      
9 A' 660 660 10.94      
10 A' 244 244 7.25      
11 A" 3106 3106 32.46      
12 A" 1508 1508 7.82      
13 A" 1119 1119 0.38      
14 A" 553 553 8.96      
15 A" 117 117 0.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11056.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11056.2 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 B2PLYP/6-311G**
ABC
1.53282 0.17624 0.16297

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.080 -1.573 0.000
N2 0.677 -0.310 0.000
N3 0.000 0.721 0.000
N4 -0.501 1.752 0.000
H5 0.655 -2.374 0.000
H6 -0.706 -1.664 0.892
H7 -0.706 -1.664 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47312.29543.35191.08671.09371.0937
N21.47311.23292.37442.06482.13172.1317
N32.29541.23291.14653.16342.64242.6424
N43.35192.37441.14654.28503.53703.5370
H51.08672.06483.16344.28501.77501.7750
H61.09372.13172.64243.53701.77501.7843
H71.09372.13172.64243.53701.77501.7843

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 115.758 N2 C1 H5 106.557
N2 C1 H6 111.441 N2 C1 H7 111.441
N2 N3 N4 172.571 H5 C1 H6 108.997
H5 C1 H7 108.997 H6 C1 H7 109.321
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.169      
2 N -0.279      
3 N 0.225      
4 N -0.155      
5 H 0.134      
6 H 0.122      
7 H 0.122      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.719 -2.279 0.000 2.389
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.918 1.783 0.000
y 1.783 -23.881 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.225
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.365 1.783 0.000
y 1.783 0.191 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.174
Polar
3z2-r22.349
x2-y2-1.037
xy1.783
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.798 -1.377 0.000
y -1.377 7.486 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.943


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.840
(<r2>)1/2 8.651