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

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.059656
Energy at 298.15K-204.064172
HF Energy-204.059656
Nuclear repulsion energy106.510203
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/cc-pVDZ
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' 3069 3074 11.28      
2 A' 2926 2930 52.31      
3 A' 2144 2147 325.09      
4 A' 1423 1425 12.09      
5 A' 1384 1386 13.06      
6 A' 1282 1284 90.26      
7 A' 1099 1100 12.22      
8 A' 878 879 16.24      
9 A' 634 635 10.23      
10 A' 240 240 5.85      
11 A" 2985 2990 35.18      
12 A" 1421 1423 5.36      
13 A" 1052 1053 0.07      
14 A" 535 536 9.20      
15 A" 108 108 0.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10588.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1.0016) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10605.2 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 BLYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.52291 0.17149 0.15894

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.092 -1.592 0.000
N2 0.676 -0.320 0.000
N3 0.000 0.728 0.000
N4 -0.481 1.784 0.000
H5 0.653 -2.407 0.000
H6 -0.731 -1.690 0.905
H7 -0.731 -1.690 -0.905

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48572.32143.39791.10401.11191.1119
N21.48571.24702.40112.08652.16232.1623
N32.32141.24701.16043.20162.68342.6834
N43.39792.40111.16044.34103.59883.5988
H51.10402.08653.20164.34101.80161.8016
H61.11192.16232.68343.59881.80161.8099
H71.11192.16232.68343.59881.80161.8099

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 116.041 N2 C1 H5 106.422
N2 C1 H6 111.891 N2 C1 H7 111.891
N2 N3 N4 171.675 H5 C1 H6 108.786
H5 C1 H7 108.786 H6 C1 H7 108.956
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.088      
2 N -0.252      
3 N 0.257      
4 N -0.187      
5 H 0.035      
6 H 0.030      
7 H 0.030      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.572 -2.188 0.000 2.262
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.317 1.692 0.000
y 1.692 -23.903 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.926
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.903 1.692 0.000
y 1.692 -0.282 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.185
Polar
3z2-r22.370
x2-y2-0.414
xy1.692
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.655 -1.204 0.000
y -1.204 7.668 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.906


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.222
(<r2>)1/2 8.730