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All results from a given calculation for CH2NH (Methanimine)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

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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**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-94.594821
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-94.594821
Nuclear repulsion energy32.576467
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**
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" 1052 1044 10.57      
2 A' 1050 1042 34.20      
3 A' 3289 3264 13.33      
4 A' 3039 3015 44.45      
5 A' 2932 2909 59.43      
6 A' 1664 1651 20.39      
7 A' 1468 1456 3.06      
8 A' 1345 1335 42.17      
9 A" 1138 1130 43.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8487.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8422.6 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
6.47281 1.13873 0.96837

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.056 0.589 0.000
N2 0.056 -0.693 0.000
H3 -0.838 1.242 0.000
H4 1.024 1.115 0.000
H5 -0.919 -1.044 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5
C11.28171.10711.10131.9021
N21.28172.13092.05041.0363
H31.10712.13091.86632.2870
H41.10132.05041.86632.9044
H51.90211.03632.28702.9044

picture of Methanimine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 H5 109.826 N2 C1 H3 126.106
N2 C1 H4 118.530 H3 C1 H4 115.365
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.003      
2 N -0.395      
3 H 0.079      
4 H 0.101      
5 H 0.218      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.330 1.279 0.000 1.845
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.617 1.892 0.000
y 1.892 -12.628 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.238
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.315 1.892 0.000
y 1.892 -0.200 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.115
Polar
3z2-r2-2.230
x2-y21.010
xy1.892
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.729 0.292 0.000
y 0.292 3.752 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.216


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 19.755
(<r2>)1/2 4.445