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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.064635
Energy at 298.15K-204.069205
HF Energy-204.064635
Nuclear repulsion energy108.679285
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 wB97X-D/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' 3184 3184 13.90      
2 A' 3036 3036 50.40      
3 A' 2300 2300 532.97      
4 A' 1512 1512 19.65      
5 A' 1477 1477 9.71      
6 A' 1378 1378 130.89      
7 A' 1171 1171 10.42      
8 A' 958 958 20.25      
9 A' 680 680 9.09      
10 A' 253 253 6.34      
11 A" 3102 3102 38.38      
12 A" 1521 1521 9.81      
13 A" 1125 1125 0.21      
14 A" 584 584 13.52      
15 A" 71 71 0.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11175.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11175.4 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 wB97X-D/6-311G*
ABC
1.51292 0.18035 0.16624

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.068 -1.556 0.000
N2 0.683 -0.298 0.000
N3 0.000 0.720 0.000
N4 -0.521 1.721 0.000
H5 0.666 -2.358 0.000
H6 -0.695 -1.653 0.892
H7 -0.695 -1.653 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46602.27743.30861.08741.09471.0947
N21.46601.22552.35052.06062.12902.1290
N32.27741.22551.12863.14932.62862.6286
N43.30862.35051.12864.24853.49433.4943
H51.08742.06063.14934.24851.77401.7740
H61.09472.12902.62863.49431.77401.7845
H71.09472.12902.62863.49431.77401.7845

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 115.298 N2 C1 H5 106.672
N2 C1 H6 111.662 N2 C1 H7 111.662
N2 N3 N4 173.623 H5 C1 H6 108.779
H5 C1 H7 108.779 H6 C1 H7 109.182
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.534      
2 N -0.281      
3 N 0.281      
4 N -0.176      
5 H 0.248      
6 H 0.231      
7 H 0.231      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.805 -2.161 0.000 2.306
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.911 1.800 0.000
y 1.800 -23.518 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.055
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.624 1.800 0.000
y 1.800 0.465 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.159
Polar
3z2-r22.319
x2-y2-1.393
xy1.800
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.787 -1.411 0.000
y -1.411 7.255 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.910


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.621
(<r2>)1/2 8.580