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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.882840
Energy at 298.15K-203.887368
HF Energy-203.882840
Nuclear repulsion energy107.060242
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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
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' 3105 3070 7.08      
2 A' 2960 2926 50.46      
3 A' 2191 2166 430.54      
4 A' 1447 1430 20.04      
5 A' 1405 1389 6.01      
6 A' 1324 1309 87.53      
7 A' 1109 1096 12.43      
8 A' 904 894 16.23      
9 A' 637 630 10.35      
10 A' 238 235 7.01      
11 A" 3027 2993 26.65      
12 A" 1449 1432 8.90      
13 A" 1069 1057 0.06      
14 A" 529 523 5.58      
15 A" 113 111 0.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10753.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10630.7 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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
ABC
1.54797 0.17302 0.16047

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.083 -1.585 0.000
N2 0.670 -0.318 0.000
N3 0.000 0.724 0.000
N4 -0.489 1.774 0.000
H5 0.661 -2.391 0.000
H6 -0.716 -1.683 0.901
H7 -0.716 -1.683 -0.901

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47452.31043.38331.09741.10471.1047
N21.47451.23872.39142.07322.14402.1440
N32.31041.23871.15823.18432.66792.6679
N43.38332.39141.15824.32083.57983.5798
H51.09742.07323.18434.32081.79111.7911
H61.10472.14402.66793.57981.79111.8012
H71.10472.14402.66793.57981.79111.8012

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 116.490 N2 C1 H5 106.511
N2 C1 H6 111.658 N2 C1 H7 111.658
N2 N3 N4 172.204 H5 C1 H6 108.846
H5 C1 H7 108.846 H6 C1 H7 109.220
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.480      
2 N -0.504      
3 N 0.880      
4 N -0.447      
5 H 0.192      
6 H 0.179      
7 H 0.179      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.667 -2.508 0.000 2.595
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.250 1.869 0.000
y 1.869 -24.277 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.563
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.330 1.869 0.000
y 1.869 0.129 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.201
Polar
3z2-r22.402
x2-y2-0.972
xy1.869
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.465 -1.456 0.000
y -1.456 8.393 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.631


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.020
(<r2>)1/2 8.719