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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.767969
Energy at 298.15K-203.772485
HF Energy-203.767969
Nuclear repulsion energy106.844917
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3220 3078 6.17      
2 A' 3060 2925 40.86      
3 A' 2189 2093 413.77      
4 A' 1534 1467 19.70      
5 A' 1493 1427 7.28      
6 A' 1347 1288 90.52      
7 A' 1166 1114 16.21      
8 A' 893 854 8.52      
9 A' 620 593 15.44      
10 A' 248 237 8.31      
11 A" 3137 2999 27.02      
12 A" 1539 1471 12.81      
13 A" 1127 1077 0.03      
14 A" 485 463 9.31      
15 A" 111 106 1.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11084.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9559) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10595.7 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G
ABC
1.67824 0.16856 0.15779

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.474 -0.651 0.000
N2 0.000 -0.716 0.000
N3 0.645 0.345 0.000
N4 1.410 1.212 0.000
H5 -1.821 -1.683 0.000
H6 -1.860 -0.147 0.893
H7 -1.860 -0.147 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47522.34133.43321.08811.09601.0960
N21.47521.24152.38842.06132.14042.1404
N32.34131.24151.15623.19222.70472.7047
N43.43322.38841.15624.33753.65183.6518
H51.08812.06133.19224.33751.77701.7770
H61.09602.14042.70473.65181.77701.7860
H71.09602.14042.70473.65181.77701.7860

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 118.788 N2 C1 H5 106.069
N2 C1 H6 111.862 N2 C1 H7 111.862
N2 N3 N4 169.900 H5 C1 H6 108.899
H5 C1 H7 108.899 H6 C1 H7 109.135
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.360      
2 N -0.235      
3 N 0.103      
4 N -0.115      
5 H 0.217      
6 H 0.196      
7 H 0.196      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.769 -0.275 0.000 2.782
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.541 -0.687 0.000
y -0.687 -26.351 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.272
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.271 -0.687 0.000
y -0.687 -3.445 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.175
Polar
3z2-r22.349
x2-y23.810
xy-0.687
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.591 2.471 0.000
y 2.471 5.327 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.578


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.834
(<r2>)1/2 8.765