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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.154774
Energy at 298.15K-204.159383
HF Energy-204.154774
Nuclear repulsion energy107.936855
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 TPSSh/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' 3160 3044 16.38      
2 A' 3020 2909 54.03      
3 A' 2228 2146 443.93      
4 A' 1522 1466 15.35      
5 A' 1469 1414 10.41      
6 A' 1336 1287 114.58      
7 A' 1160 1117 11.23      
8 A' 917 883 18.15      
9 A' 662 637 10.65      
10 A' 246 237 6.53      
11 A" 3081 2968 44.04      
12 A" 1524 1468 7.07      
13 A" 1116 1075 0.29      
14 A" 567 546 9.89      
15 A" 116 112 0.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11062.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10655.1 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 TPSSh/6-311G*
ABC
1.53338 0.17666 0.16335

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.081 -1.573 0.000
N2 0.676 -0.307 0.000
N3 0.000 0.722 0.000
N4 -0.499 1.748 0.000
H5 0.659 -2.370 0.000
H6 -0.707 -1.666 0.893
H7 -0.707 -1.666 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47492.29683.34751.08741.09471.0947
N21.47491.23152.36732.06292.13442.1344
N32.29681.23151.14073.16182.64582.6458
N43.34752.36731.14074.27793.53503.5350
H51.08742.06293.16184.27791.77751.7775
H61.09472.13442.64583.53501.77751.7867
H71.09472.13442.64583.53501.77751.7867

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 115.839 N2 C1 H5 106.254
N2 C1 H6 111.468 N2 C1 H7 111.468
N2 N3 N4 172.633 H5 C1 H6 109.086
H5 C1 H7 109.086 H6 C1 H7 109.389
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.484      
2 N -0.284      
3 N 0.278      
4 N -0.188      
5 H 0.235      
6 H 0.221      
7 H 0.221      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.724 -2.298 0.000 2.409
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.779 -1.341 0.000
y -1.341 7.481 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.927


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.603
(<r2>)1/2 8.637