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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-202.916161
Energy at 298.15K-202.920620
HF Energy-202.916161
Nuclear repulsion energy106.688854
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 LSDA/6-31G
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' 3127 3063 3.30      
2 A' 2968 2908 42.59      
3 A' 2182 2138 332.55      
4 A' 1470 1441 24.25      
5 A' 1438 1409 4.98      
6 A' 1374 1346 44.94      
7 A' 1123 1100 14.14      
8 A' 903 885 9.53      
9 A' 592 580 13.61      
10 A' 242 237 9.63      
11 A" 3041 2980 20.75      
12 A" 1475 1445 15.63      
13 A" 1088 1066 0.73      
14 A" 477 467 8.63      
15 A" 103 101 1.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10801.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9797) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10582.4 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 LSDA/6-31G
ABC
1.82019 0.16531 0.15611

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.452 -0.719 0.000
N2 0.000 -0.688 0.000
N3 0.633 0.371 0.000
N4 1.398 1.255 0.000
H5 -1.749 -1.776 0.000
H6 -1.880 -0.236 0.898
H7 -1.880 -0.236 -0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.45232.35283.46701.09801.10631.1063
N21.45231.23352.39352.06022.13222.1322
N32.35281.23351.16923.20712.73722.7372
N43.46702.39351.16924.36973.71193.7119
H51.09802.06023.20714.36971.78781.7878
H61.10632.13222.73723.71191.78781.7969
H71.10632.13222.73723.71191.78781.7969

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 122.117 N2 C1 H5 106.947
N2 C1 H6 112.184 N2 C1 H7 112.184
N2 N3 N4 170.003 H5 C1 H6 108.392
H5 C1 H7 108.392 H6 C1 H7 108.603
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.402      
2 N -0.176      
3 N 0.066      
4 N -0.114      
5 H 0.221      
6 H 0.202      
7 H 0.202      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.926 -0.713 0.000 3.011
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.742 -0.844 0.000
y -0.844 -26.193 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.156
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.932 -0.844 0.000
y -0.844 -3.244 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.311
Polar
3z2-r22.622
x2-y23.451
xy-0.844
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.636 2.516 0.000
y 2.516 5.476 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.662


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.560
(<r2>)1/2 8.807