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All results from a given calculation for C4H6N2 (1H-Imidazole, 2-methyl-)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.444085
Energy at 298.15K-265.451825
Nuclear repulsion energy225.490471
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 B1B95/6-31+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 3696 3536 52.05      
2 A 3310 3166 2.31      
3 A 3279 3137 5.18      
4 A 3185 3046 2.79      
5 A 3120 2985 15.33      
6 A 3058 2925 32.01      
7 A 1621 1550 39.91      
8 A 1544 1477 8.91      
9 A 1507 1442 7.37      
10 A 1483 1418 9.71      
11 A 1454 1391 43.68      
12 A 1426 1365 0.40      
13 A 1399 1339 0.90      
14 A 1286 1230 14.94      
15 A 1207 1155 3.92      
16 A 1143 1094 5.69      
17 A 1113 1065 29.05      
18 A 1055 1009 1.07      
19 A 1007 963 7.61      
20 A 968 926 1.84      
21 A 921 881 2.73      
22 A 868 830 10.30      
23 A 730 699 60.46      
24 A 688 658 3.40      
25 A 682 653 0.73      
26 A 639 611 15.79      
27 A 531 508 71.94      
28 A 347 332 5.36      
29 A 252 241 6.59      
30 A 68 65 0.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21793.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20847.4 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 B1B95/6-31+G**
ABC
0.29900 0.12076 0.08743

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.105 -0.023 0.000
H2 2.498 0.485 0.886
H3 2.478 -1.047 -0.001
H4 2.498 0.487 -0.884
N5 -0.166 1.047 -0.000
H6 0.157 2.001 -0.001
C7 0.618 -0.069 -0.000
N8 -0.120 -1.156 -0.000
C9 -1.423 -0.726 -0.000
H10 -2.246 -1.425 0.000
C11 -1.480 0.639 0.000
H12 -2.301 1.338 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 N5 H6 C7 N8 C9 H10 C11 H12
C11.09421.08901.09422.51112.80901.48732.49673.59744.57093.64534.6111
H21.09421.76991.77002.86322.92582.15033.21424.19825.18994.07774.9533
H31.08901.76991.76993.37303.83022.10112.60033.91414.73884.30175.3404
H41.09421.77001.76992.86262.92432.15033.21494.19865.19044.07754.9530
N52.51112.86323.37302.86261.00661.36432.20412.17383.23071.37522.1539
H62.80902.92583.83022.92431.00662.12003.16893.15174.18452.12892.5456
C71.48732.15032.10112.15031.36432.12001.31442.14473.16902.21423.2401
N82.49673.21422.60033.21492.20413.16891.31441.37212.14272.25223.3128
C93.59744.19823.91414.19862.17383.15172.14471.37211.07951.36682.2429
H104.57095.18994.73885.19043.23074.18453.16902.14271.07952.20212.7635
C113.64534.07774.30174.07751.37522.12892.21422.25221.36682.20211.0779
H124.61114.95335.34044.95302.15392.54563.24013.31282.24292.76351.0779

picture of 1H-Imidazole, 2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C7 N5 123.366 C1 C7 N8 125.916
H2 C1 H3 108.331 H2 C1 H4 107.964
H2 C1 C7 111.905 H3 C1 H4 108.332
H3 C1 C7 108.287 H4 C1 C7 111.907
N5 C7 N8 110.718 N5 C11 C9 104.891
N5 C11 H12 122.349 H6 N5 C7 126.140
H6 N5 C11 126.013 C7 N5 C11 107.847
C7 N8 C9 105.915 N8 C9 H10 121.389
N8 C9 C11 110.630 C9 C11 H12 132.760
H10 C9 C11 127.981
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.790      
2 H 0.172      
3 H 0.199      
4 H 0.172      
5 N -0.379      
6 H 0.311      
7 C 0.425      
8 N -0.286      
9 C -0.058      
10 H 0.142      
11 C -0.064      
12 H 0.158      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.588 3.687 -0.001 3.734
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.736 0.647 -0.001
y 0.647 -34.434 -0.002
z -0.001 -0.002 -38.343
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.652 0.647 -0.001
y 0.647 0.105 -0.002
z -0.001 -0.002 -5.758
Polar
3z2-r2-11.515
x2-y23.698
xy0.647
xz-0.001
yz-0.002


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.728 -0.010 0.000
y -0.010 9.088 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.913


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.633
(<r2>)1/2 11.774