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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.015506
Energy at 298.15K-203.020044
HF Energy-203.015506
Nuclear repulsion energy108.062293
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/6-31+G**
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' 3108 3061 2.82      
2 A' 2956 2912 44.35      
3 A' 2282 2247 463.80      
4 A' 1436 1415 50.21      
5 A' 1405 1384 5.42      
6 A' 1377 1357 42.14      
7 A' 1102 1085 12.54      
8 A' 957 942 19.33      
9 A' 646 636 10.02      
10 A' 236 233 8.38      
11 A" 3027 2981 17.70      
12 A" 1429 1408 12.05      
13 A" 1063 1047 0.02      
14 A" 547 539 7.06      
15 A" 103 102 0.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10837.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10674.7 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 LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
1.62266 0.17521 0.16313

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.067 -1.571 0.000
N2 0.650 -0.315 0.000
N3 0.000 0.720 0.000
N4 -0.490 1.762 0.000
H5 0.682 -2.375 0.000
H6 -0.700 -1.684 0.900
H7 -0.700 -1.684 -0.900

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.44602.29233.35941.09841.10611.1061
N21.44601.22262.36922.05992.12282.1228
N32.29231.22261.15093.16932.66072.6607
N43.35942.36921.15094.29933.56713.5671
H51.09842.05993.16934.29931.78811.7881
H61.10612.12282.66073.56711.78811.7992
H71.10612.12282.66073.56711.78811.7992

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 118.164 N2 C1 H5 107.321
N2 C1 H6 111.870 N2 C1 H7 111.870
N2 N3 N4 173.084 H5 C1 H6 108.411
H5 C1 H7 108.411 H6 C1 H7 108.836
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.531      
2 N -0.446      
3 N 0.879      
4 N -0.506      
5 H 0.209      
6 H 0.197      
7 H 0.197      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.605 -2.639 0.000 2.708
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.214 1.920 0.000
y 1.920 -24.401 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.497
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.265 1.920 0.000
y 1.920 -0.045 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.310
Polar
3z2-r22.621
x2-y2-0.813
xy1.920
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.428 -1.448 0.000
y -1.448 8.272 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.626


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.122
(<r2>)1/2 8.667