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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.102936
Energy at 298.15K-204.107468
HF Energy-204.102936
Nuclear repulsion energy106.927520
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/6-311G*
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' 3072 3065 16.21      
2 A' 2938 2930 56.32      
3 A' 2134 2128 368.62      
4 A' 1472 1468 14.89      
5 A' 1425 1422 10.63      
6 A' 1283 1280 91.42      
7 A' 1122 1120 9.45      
8 A' 868 866 15.97      
9 A' 637 635 11.60      
10 A' 241 241 6.29      
11 A" 2990 2982 43.40      
12 A" 1473 1470 7.55      
13 A" 1082 1079 0.08      
14 A" 537 535 8.76      
15 A" 113 112 0.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10693.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10666.8 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/6-311G*
ABC
1.54584 0.17218 0.15970

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.088 -1.593 0.000
N2 0.670 -0.315 0.000
N3 0.000 0.729 0.000
N4 -0.483 1.777 0.000
H5 0.655 -2.396 0.000
H6 -0.719 -1.691 0.898
H7 -0.719 -1.691 -0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48552.32343.39241.09421.10171.1017
N21.48551.24112.38882.08022.15142.1514
N32.32341.24111.15353.19262.67942.6794
N43.39242.38881.15354.32463.58973.5897
H51.09422.08023.19264.32461.78651.7865
H61.10172.15142.67943.58971.78651.7958
H71.10172.15142.67943.58971.78651.7958

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 116.600 N2 C1 H5 106.493
N2 C1 H6 111.654 N2 C1 H7 111.654
N2 N3 N4 172.044 H5 C1 H6 108.885
H5 C1 H7 108.885 H6 C1 H7 109.170
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.487      
2 N -0.216      
3 N 0.204      
4 N -0.154      
5 H 0.228      
6 H 0.213      
7 H 0.213      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.649 -2.340 0.000 2.428
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.819 1.781 0.000
y 1.781 -24.137 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.279
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.111 1.781 0.000
y 1.781 -0.089 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.199
Polar
3z2-r22.399
x2-y2-0.681
xy1.781
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.820 -1.286 0.000
y -1.286 7.748 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.012


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.128
(<r2>)1/2 8.725