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All results from a given calculation for CH2NH (Methanimine)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-94.049639
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-94.049639
Nuclear repulsion energy33.412269
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 HF/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3728 3372 0.52      
2 A' 3311 2995 49.57      
3 A' 3215 2907 49.31      
4 A' 1881 1701 37.87      
5 A' 1619 1464 14.88      
6 A' 1505 1361 45.68      
7 A' 1169 1057 37.75      
8 A" 1275 1153 60.87      
9 A" 1215 1099 13.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9458.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8554.3 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
6.79664 1.19803 1.01850

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.055 0.576 0.000
N2 0.055 -0.673 0.000
H3 -0.839 1.190 0.000
H4 0.998 1.104 0.000
H5 -0.879 -1.039 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5
C11.24801.08511.08071.8654
N21.24802.06612.01111.0034
H31.08512.06611.83902.2296
H41.08072.01111.83902.8487
H51.86541.00342.22962.8487

picture of Methanimine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 H5 111.445 N2 C1 H3 124.489
N2 C1 H4 119.278 H3 C1 H4 116.233
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.194      
2 N -0.503      
3 H 0.187      
4 H 0.212      
5 H 0.298      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.553 1.609 0.000 2.236
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -1.546 1.595 0.000 2.221


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.535 2.132 0.000
y 2.132 -12.575 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.618
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.562 2.132 0.000
y 2.132 0.002 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.564
Polar
3z2-r2-3.128
x2-y21.040
xy2.132
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.408 0.240 0.000
y 0.240 3.740 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.397


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 19.234
(<r2>)1/2 4.386