return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.020639
Energy at 298.15K-204.025149
HF Energy-204.020639
Nuclear repulsion energy108.302115
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 wB97X-D/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' 3200 3200 10.37      
2 A' 3050 3050 42.82      
3 A' 2311 2311 497.89      
4 A' 1506 1506 15.17      
5 A' 1471 1471 11.90      
6 A' 1379 1379 125.79      
7 A' 1164 1164 10.92      
8 A' 961 961 19.38      
9 A' 678 678 8.56      
10 A' 252 252 6.32      
11 A" 3123 3123 29.16      
12 A" 1515 1515 7.70      
13 A" 1119 1119 0.12      
14 A" 586 586 14.54      
15 A" 43 43 0.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11178.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11178.1 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 wB97X-D/6-31G**
ABC
1.49701 0.17945 0.16528

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.069 -1.558 0.000
N2 0.688 -0.301 0.000
N3 0.000 0.720 0.000
N4 -0.525 1.727 0.000
H5 0.666 -2.362 0.000
H6 -0.697 -1.655 0.893
H7 -0.697 -1.655 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46812.27933.31711.08871.09561.0956
N21.46811.23112.36332.06072.13292.1329
N32.27931.23111.13603.15232.63072.6307
N43.31712.36331.13604.25853.50203.5020
H51.08872.06073.15234.25851.77601.7760
H61.09562.13292.63073.50201.77601.7851
H71.09562.13292.63073.50201.77601.7851

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 114.939 N2 C1 H5 106.463
N2 C1 H6 111.780 N2 C1 H7 111.780
N2 N3 N4 173.522 H5 C1 H6 108.799
H5 C1 H7 108.799 H6 C1 H7 109.112
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.231      
2 N -0.380      
3 N 0.420      
4 N -0.271      
5 H 0.166      
6 H 0.148      
7 H 0.148      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.804 -2.193 0.000 2.335
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.699 1.791 0.000
y 1.791 -23.270 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.947
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.591 1.791 0.000
y 1.791 0.553 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.037
Polar
3z2-r22.075
x2-y2-1.429
xy1.791
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.662 -1.385 0.000
y -1.385 7.120 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.829


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.815
(<r2>)1/2 8.592