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

using model chemistry: BLYP/TZVP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.123942
Energy at 298.15K-204.128457
HF Energy-204.123942
Nuclear repulsion energy107.087958
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/TZVP
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' 3077 3069 10.40      
2 A' 2942 2935 49.49      
3 A' 2130 2125 418.26      
4 A' 1455 1452 14.19      
5 A' 1418 1414 11.62      
6 A' 1280 1277 101.76      
7 A' 1113 1110 11.25      
8 A' 858 856 15.38      
9 A' 631 629 12.44      
10 A' 240 239 6.44      
11 A" 2995 2988 32.73      
12 A" 1458 1454 7.34      
13 A" 1074 1071 0.19      
14 A" 521 520 8.24      
15 A" 111 111 0.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10651.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10624.6 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/TZVP
ABC
1.56004 0.17233 0.15997

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.090 -1.593 0.000
N2 0.666 -0.315 0.000
N3 0.000 0.729 0.000
N4 -0.476 1.776 0.000
H5 0.655 -2.392 0.000
H6 -0.719 -1.692 0.897
H7 -0.719 -1.692 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48572.32423.39171.09261.10021.1002
N21.48571.23782.38232.07792.14942.1494
N32.32421.23781.15043.18942.68002.6800
N43.39172.38231.15044.31943.59043.5904
H51.09262.07793.18944.31941.78451.7845
H61.10022.14942.68003.59041.78451.7948
H71.10022.14942.68003.59041.78451.7948

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 116.871 N2 C1 H5 106.400
N2 C1 H6 111.580 N2 C1 H7 111.580
N2 N3 N4 171.915 H5 C1 H6 108.939
H5 C1 H7 108.939 H6 C1 H7 109.305
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.296      
2 N -0.257      
3 N 0.400      
4 N -0.270      
5 H 0.154      
6 H 0.134      
7 H 0.134      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.706 -2.473 0.000 2.572
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.237 1.921 0.000
y 1.921 -24.511 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.500
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.231 1.921 0.000
y 1.921 -0.142 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.374
Polar
3z2-r22.747
x2-y2-0.726
xy1.921
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.274 -1.428 0.000
y -1.428 8.213 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.506


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.243
(<r2>)1/2 8.732