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All results from a given calculation for CH3NH2 (methyl amine)

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-95.231752
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-95.231752
Nuclear repulsion energy42.359012
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3746 3388 1.58 96.73 0.14 0.24
2 A' 3218 2911 64.82 96.30 0.28 0.43
3 A' 3133 2833 111.00 125.50 0.18 0.30
4 A' 1861 1683 35.53 5.91 0.75 0.86
5 A' 1636 1480 6.99 14.81 0.73 0.84
6 A' 1596 1443 3.21 3.80 0.73 0.85
7 A' 1288 1165 20.64 2.40 0.46 0.63
8 A' 1141 1032 20.26 11.74 0.32 0.48
9 A' 951 860 177.28 2.71 0.62 0.77
10 A" 3817 3452 0.09 66.37 0.75 0.86
11 A" 3252 2941 61.45 79.79 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1654 1496 2.64 15.94 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1480 1339 0.04 2.85 0.75 0.86
14 A" 1053 953 0.08 0.22 0.75 0.86
15 A" 340 308 45.31 1.45 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15082.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13640.9 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
3.53099 0.77111 0.74090

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.049 0.701 0.000
N2 0.049 -0.753 0.000
H3 -0.942 1.156 0.000
H4 0.582 1.060 0.873
H5 0.582 1.060 -0.873
H6 -0.430 -1.104 -0.802
H7 -0.430 -1.104 0.802

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.45371.09051.08361.08362.03242.0324
N21.45372.15062.08132.08130.99850.9985
H31.09052.15061.75851.75852.45192.4519
H41.08362.08131.75851.74532.91762.3899
H51.08362.08131.75851.74532.38992.9176
H62.03240.99852.45192.91762.38991.6048
H72.03240.99852.45192.38992.91761.6048

picture of methyl amine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 H6 110.581 C1 N2 H7 110.581
N2 C1 H3 114.660 N2 C1 H4 109.355
N2 C1 H5 109.355 H3 C1 H4 107.966
H3 C1 H5 107.966 H4 C1 H5 107.279
H6 N2 H7 106.958
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.425      
2 N -0.816      
3 H 0.177      
4 H 0.206      
5 H 0.206      
6 H 0.326      
7 H 0.326      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.457 0.391 0.000 1.509
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -1.429 0.369 0.000 1.476


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.933 2.241 0.000
y 2.241 -14.215 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.486
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.583 2.241 0.000
y 2.241 -0.505 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.088
Polar
3z2-r24.175
x2-y2-0.718
xy2.241
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.534 0.128 0.000
y 0.128 3.006 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.856


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 26.379
(<r2>)1/2 5.136