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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/TZVP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.105782
Energy at 298.15K-204.110395
HF Energy-204.105782
Nuclear repulsion energy108.866110
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 mPW1PW91/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' 3184 3037 7.92      
2 A' 3039 2900 45.64      
3 A' 2306 2200 561.92      
4 A' 1495 1426 22.87      
5 A' 1462 1395 4.90      
6 A' 1382 1319 130.97      
7 A' 1154 1101 12.50      
8 A' 945 902 19.93      
9 A' 672 641 10.04      
10 A' 247 235 6.81      
11 A" 3104 2961 28.34      
12 A" 1498 1429 9.27      
13 A" 1112 1061 0.21      
14 A" 563 537 12.99      
15 A" 109 104 0.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11135.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.954) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10623.2 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 mPW1PW91/TZVP
ABC
1.55616 0.17975 0.16622

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.071 -1.559 0.000
N2 0.670 -0.300 0.000
N3 0.000 0.719 0.000
N4 -0.505 1.728 0.000
H5 0.666 -2.356 0.000
H6 -0.697 -1.662 0.891
H7 -0.697 -1.662 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46132.27973.31561.08571.09331.0933
N21.46131.21952.34332.05632.12522.1252
N32.27971.21951.12783.14682.63612.6361
N43.31562.34331.12784.24853.51013.5101
H51.08572.05633.14684.24851.77011.7701
H61.09332.12522.63613.51011.77011.7812
H71.09332.12522.63613.51011.77011.7812

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 116.212 N2 C1 H5 106.745
N2 C1 H6 111.787 N2 C1 H7 111.787
N2 N3 N4 173.263 H5 C1 H6 108.653
H5 C1 H7 108.653 H6 C1 H7 109.102
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.307      
2 N -0.321      
3 N 0.495      
4 N -0.289      
5 H 0.156      
6 H 0.133      
7 H 0.133      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.792 -2.295 0.000 2.428
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.054 1.918 0.000
y 1.918 -23.882 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.104
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.561 1.918 0.000
y 1.918 0.197 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.363
Polar
3z2-r22.727
x2-y2-1.172
xy1.918
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.141 -1.478 0.000
y -1.478 7.664 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.336


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.767
(<r2>)1/2 8.589