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All results from a given calculation for CH2NH (Methanimine)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-94.508530
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-94.508530
Nuclear repulsion energy32.921714
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3463 3300 3.74      
2 A' 3175 3026 38.67      
3 A' 3069 2925 46.80      
4 A' 1760 1678 25.75      
5 A' 1518 1447 4.48      
6 A' 1391 1326 43.74      
7 A' 1085 1034 37.44      
8 A" 1185 1129 52.77      
9 A" 1099 1047 14.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8871.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8455.6 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
6.57848 1.16470 0.98951

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.056 0.583 0.000
N2 0.056 -0.684 0.000
H3 -0.838 1.222 0.000
H4 1.016 1.106 0.000
H5 -0.905 -1.039 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5
C11.26711.09851.09321.8851
N21.26712.10502.03121.0243
H31.09852.10501.85742.2615
H41.09322.03121.85742.8792
H51.88511.02432.26152.8792

picture of Methanimine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 H5 110.260 N2 C1 H3 125.553
N2 C1 H4 118.571 H3 C1 H4 115.876
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.158      
2 N -0.485      
3 H 0.155      
4 H 0.178      
5 H 0.311      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.454 1.404 0.000 2.021
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.429 2.018 0.000
y 2.018 -12.472 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.327
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.471 2.018 0.000
y 2.018 -0.094 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.376
Polar
3z2-r2-2.753
x2-y21.043
xy2.018
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.563 0.262 0.000
y 0.262 3.644 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.165


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 19.455
(<r2>)1/2 4.411