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All results from a given calculation for C4H6N2 (1H-Imidazole, 2-methyl-)

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-263.910319
Energy at 298.15K-263.918412
Nuclear repulsion energy227.015192
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 3935 3559 63.60      
2 A 3444 3115 10.04      
3 A 3413 3087 9.83      
4 A 3300 2985 11.73      
5 A 3230 2922 36.41      
6 A 3185 2880 38.80      
7 A 1774 1605 65.11      
8 A 1667 1508 9.32      
9 A 1638 1482 8.78      
10 A 1618 1463 7.73      
11 A 1587 1435 49.13      
12 A 1553 1405 0.60      
13 A 1507 1363 2.23      
14 A 1380 1248 14.93      
15 A 1251 1132 15.53      
16 A 1233 1115 0.31      
17 A 1175 1063 31.32      
18 A 1168 1056 0.92      
19 A 1099 994 11.96      
20 A 1054 953 6.89      
21 A 1005 909 2.08      
22 A 980 886 7.26      
23 A 824 745 57.04      
24 A 757 684 11.38      
25 A 720 651 1.59      
26 A 693 626 9.11      
27 A 536 485 103.79      
28 A 373 337 5.59      
29 A 280 253 9.54      
30 A 90 82 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23234.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21012.9 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
0.30547 0.12163 0.08841

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.100 -0.025 0.000
H2 2.480 0.488 0.878
H3 2.481 -1.035 -0.001
H4 2.480 0.489 -0.878
N5 -0.163 1.041 0.000
H6 0.158 1.977 -0.001
C7 0.607 -0.072 -0.000
N8 -0.114 -1.142 -0.000
C9 -1.420 -0.717 -0.000
H10 -2.232 -1.414 0.000
C11 -1.475 0.628 -0.000
H12 -2.293 1.317 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 N5 H6 C7 N8 C9 H10 C11 H12
C11.08561.07971.08562.50182.78931.49422.47973.58754.54933.63474.5929
H21.08561.75841.75602.83952.89502.14323.18654.17515.15634.05394.9226
H31.07971.75841.75843.36223.80422.10742.59753.91434.72844.29225.3218
H41.08561.75601.75842.83922.89372.14333.18694.17535.15664.05374.9223
N52.50182.83953.36222.83920.99001.35372.18322.16123.21041.37542.1469
H62.78932.89503.80422.89370.99002.09823.13083.12274.14902.11842.5379
C71.49422.14322.10742.14331.35372.09821.28942.12683.13972.19693.2149
N82.47973.18652.59753.18692.18323.13081.28941.37332.13532.23313.2850
C93.58754.17513.91434.17532.16123.12272.12681.37331.07001.34682.2134
H104.54935.15634.72845.15663.21044.14903.13972.13531.07002.17822.7319
C113.63474.05394.29224.05371.37542.11842.19692.23311.34682.17821.0685
H124.59294.92265.32184.92232.14692.53793.21493.28502.21342.73191.0685

picture of 1H-Imidazole, 2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C7 N5 122.846 C1 C7 N8 125.799
H2 C1 H3 108.599 H2 C1 H4 107.955
H2 C1 C7 111.377 H3 C1 H4 108.598
H3 C1 C7 108.857 H4 C1 C7 111.378
N5 C7 N8 111.355 N5 C11 C9 105.098
N5 C11 H12 122.422 H6 N5 C7 126.386
H6 N5 C11 126.401 C7 N5 C11 107.212
C7 N8 C9 105.975 N8 C9 H10 121.350
N8 C9 C11 110.359 C9 C11 H12 132.479
H10 C9 C11 128.291
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.689 -0.300   -0.515
2 H 0.225 0.070   0.124
3 H 0.258 0.110   0.165
4 H 0.224 0.070   0.124
5 N -0.649 -0.294   -0.338
6 H 0.380 0.316   0.339
7 C 0.483 0.544   0.655
8 N -0.424 -0.622   -0.628
9 C -0.173 0.157   0.091
10 H 0.213 0.094   0.138
11 C -0.082 -0.354   -0.405
12 H 0.234 0.208   0.249


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.570 3.704 -0.002 3.748
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.532 3.670 -0.001 3.709


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.579 0.630 -0.001
y 0.630 -34.252 -0.004
z -0.001 -0.004 -38.382
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.739 0.630 -0.001
y 0.630 0.229 -0.004
z -0.001 -0.004 -5.967
Polar
3z2-r2-11.934
x2-y23.673
xy0.630
xz-0.001
yz-0.004


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.121 0.131 0.000
y 0.131 7.872 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 4.602


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.247
(<r2>)1/2 11.715