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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.148402
Energy at 298.15K-204.153014
HF Energy-204.148402
Nuclear repulsion energy108.147674
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 B3LYP/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' 3146 3041 11.44      
2 A' 3008 2908 48.67      
3 A' 2248 2173 476.29      
4 A' 1493 1444 16.71      
5 A' 1453 1405 7.53      
6 A' 1344 1299 120.39      
7 A' 1149 1111 11.18      
8 A' 919 888 19.10      
9 A' 666 644 10.47      
10 A' 248 240 6.41      
11 A" 3065 2963 35.69      
12 A" 1495 1445 8.19      
13 A" 1106 1069 0.22      
14 A" 574 555 11.65      
15 A" 110 107 0.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11011.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10646.1 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 B3LYP/6-311G**
ABC
1.53394 0.17735 0.16394

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.073 -1.571 0.000
N2 0.676 -0.302 0.000
N3 0.000 0.724 0.000
N4 -0.508 1.740 0.000
H5 0.667 -2.368 0.000
H6 -0.700 -1.670 0.893
H7 -0.700 -1.670 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47322.29633.33911.08771.09521.0952
N21.47321.22882.36032.06622.13532.1353
N32.29631.22881.13563.16362.64932.6493
N43.33912.36031.13564.27273.52973.5297
H51.08772.06623.16364.27271.77531.7753
H61.09522.13532.64933.52971.77531.7853
H71.09522.13532.64933.52971.77531.7853

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 116.096 N2 C1 H5 106.602
N2 C1 H6 111.636 N2 C1 H7 111.636
N2 N3 N4 173.235 H5 C1 H6 108.839
H5 C1 H7 108.839 H6 C1 H7 109.189
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.181      
2 N -0.277      
3 N 0.240      
4 N -0.166      
5 H 0.136      
6 H 0.124      
7 H 0.124      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.725 -2.236 0.000 2.351
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.908 1.818 0.000
y 1.818 -23.830 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.161
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.413 1.818 0.000
y 1.818 0.205 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.208
Polar
3z2-r22.416
x2-y2-1.079
xy1.818
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.813 -1.340 0.000
y -1.340 7.471 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.969


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.512
(<r2>)1/2 8.632