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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/TZVP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.926440
Energy at 298.15K-203.931053
HF Energy-203.926440
Nuclear repulsion energy108.855900
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/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' 3178 3050 7.39      
2 A' 3033 2910 45.23      
3 A' 2310 2216 559.78      
4 A' 1489 1428 24.94      
5 A' 1456 1397 3.76      
6 A' 1385 1329 127.17      
7 A' 1150 1103 12.61      
8 A' 949 910 20.04      
9 A' 672 645 9.81      
10 A' 245 236 6.82      
11 A" 3098 2973 27.63      
12 A" 1491 1431 9.60      
13 A" 1108 1064 0.19      
14 A" 564 541 12.95      
15 A" 110 105 0.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11118.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10669.5 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/TZVP
ABC
1.55048 0.17994 0.16633

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.070 -1.558 0.000
N2 0.671 -0.299 0.000
N3 0.000 0.719 0.000
N4 -0.508 1.727 0.000
H5 0.668 -2.357 0.000
H6 -0.696 -1.661 0.892
H7 -0.696 -1.661 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46052.27773.31341.08721.09481.0948
N21.46051.21952.34422.05742.12582.1258
N32.27771.21951.12863.14712.63472.6347
N43.31342.34421.12864.24913.50753.5075
H51.08722.05743.14714.24911.77231.7723
H61.09482.12582.63473.50751.77231.7835
H71.09482.12582.63473.50751.77231.7835

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 116.110 N2 C1 H5 106.798
N2 C1 H6 111.799 N2 C1 H7 111.799
N2 N3 N4 173.365 H5 C1 H6 108.626
H5 C1 H7 108.626 H6 C1 H7 109.076
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.322      
2 N -0.309      
3 N 0.493      
4 N -0.290      
5 H 0.159      
6 H 0.135      
7 H 0.135      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.782 -2.293 0.000 2.423
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.128 1.917 0.000
y 1.917 -23.928 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.170
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.579 1.917 0.000
y 1.917 0.221 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.358
Polar
3z2-r22.716
x2-y2-1.200
xy1.917
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.166 -1.485 0.000
y -1.485 7.677 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.356


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.773
(<r2>)1/2 8.589