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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.870283
Energy at 298.15K-203.874900
HF Energy-203.870283
Nuclear repulsion energy108.347788
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/6-31+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' 3195 3052 6.89      
2 A' 3046 2910 46.99      
3 A' 2312 2208 562.94      
4 A' 1495 1428 25.40      
5 A' 1457 1392 2.97      
6 A' 1387 1325 122.66      
7 A' 1151 1099 12.67      
8 A' 957 914 19.96      
9 A' 672 642 9.18      
10 A' 248 237 6.90      
11 A" 3119 2979 26.03      
12 A" 1498 1431 9.63      
13 A" 1110 1060 0.21      
14 A" 571 546 8.84      
15 A" 111 106 0.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11164.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10665.4 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 PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
1.52402 0.17883 0.16510

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.068 -1.561 0.000
N2 0.680 -0.302 0.000
N3 0.000 0.719 0.000
N4 -0.519 1.732 0.000
H5 0.671 -2.362 0.000
H6 -0.695 -1.659 0.894
H7 -0.695 -1.659 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46362.28093.32381.08941.09651.0965
N21.46361.22712.36162.05962.12852.1285
N32.28091.22711.13843.15322.63412.6341
N43.32382.36161.13844.26353.51173.5117
H51.08942.05963.15324.26351.77691.7769
H61.09652.12852.63413.51171.77691.7876
H71.09652.12852.63413.51171.77691.7876

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 115.646 N2 C1 H5 106.641
N2 C1 H6 111.685 N2 C1 H7 111.685
N2 N3 N4 173.488 H5 C1 H6 108.764
H5 C1 H7 108.764 H6 C1 H7 109.196
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.471      
2 N -0.555      
3 N 0.855      
4 N -0.379      
5 H 0.194      
6 H 0.178      
7 H 0.178      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.771 -2.335 0.000 2.459
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.321 1.875 0.000
y 1.875 -23.870 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.408
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.682 1.875 0.000
y 1.875 0.495 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.187
Polar
3z2-r22.374
x2-y2-1.451
xy1.875
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.340 -1.507 0.000
y -1.507 7.880 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.473


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.243
(<r2>)1/2 8.616