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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.144501
Energy at 298.15K-204.149115
HF Energy-204.144501
Nuclear repulsion energy108.173347
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 B3LYP/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' 3153 3047 14.89      
2 A' 3016 2914 53.04      
3 A' 2248 2173 475.88      
4 A' 1510 1459 18.05      
5 A' 1467 1418 7.85      
6 A' 1347 1301 120.03      
7 A' 1159 1120 10.21      
8 A' 922 891 19.36      
9 A' 668 645 10.62      
10 A' 249 240 6.45      
11 A" 3072 2968 41.40      
12 A" 1513 1462 8.51      
13 A" 1117 1080 0.22      
14 A" 574 555 11.89      
15 A" 113 109 0.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11063.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10690.2 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 B3LYP/6-311G*
ABC
1.53426 0.17748 0.16404

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.073 -1.570 0.000
N2 0.676 -0.302 0.000
N3 0.000 0.724 0.000
N4 -0.509 1.739 0.000
H5 0.666 -2.368 0.000
H6 -0.700 -1.670 0.892
H7 -0.700 -1.670 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47202.29503.33771.08751.09501.0950
N21.47201.22882.36032.06582.13472.1347
N32.29501.22881.13563.16302.64852.6485
N43.33772.36031.13564.27203.52873.5287
H51.08752.06583.16304.27201.77451.7745
H61.09502.13472.64853.52871.77451.7841
H71.09502.13472.64853.52871.77451.7841

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 116.078 N2 C1 H5 106.664
N2 C1 H6 111.688 N2 C1 H7 111.688
N2 N3 N4 173.262 H5 C1 H6 108.793
H5 C1 H7 108.793 H6 C1 H7 109.113
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.505      
2 N -0.257      
3 N 0.246      
4 N -0.165      
5 H 0.238      
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
  -0.725 -2.230 0.000 2.345
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.929 1.810 0.000
y 1.810 -23.865 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.184
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.405 1.810 0.000
y 1.810 0.192 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.213
Polar
3z2-r22.426
x2-y2-1.065
xy1.810
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.780 -1.350 0.000
y -1.350 7.403 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.934


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.492
(<r2>)1/2 8.631