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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.001866
Energy at 298.15K-204.006360
HF Energy-204.001866
Nuclear repulsion energy108.473133
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 M06-2X/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' 3193 3035 7.50      
2 A' 3060 2909 38.26      
3 A' 2353 2236 533.40      
4 A' 1508 1433 19.51      
5 A' 1462 1389 2.97      
6 A' 1378 1309 155.53      
7 A' 1155 1098 11.25      
8 A' 968 920 21.26      
9 A' 690 656 7.51      
10 A' 243 231 5.98      
11 A" 3133 2978 27.08      
12 A" 1508 1433 6.97      
13 A" 1114 1059 0.31      
14 A" 609 579 15.49      
15 A" 30 29 0.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11201.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10646.1 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 M06-2X/6-31G**
ABC
1.45775 0.18140 0.16644

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.061 -1.551 0.000
N2 0.701 -0.293 0.000
N3 0.000 0.720 0.000
N4 -0.548 1.710 0.000
H5 0.673 -2.355 0.000
H6 -0.689 -1.644 0.892
H7 -0.689 -1.644 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47052.27173.29711.08811.09511.0951
N21.47051.23202.36072.06162.13352.1335
N32.27171.23201.13163.14732.61882.6188
N43.29712.36071.13164.24393.47323.4732
H51.08812.06163.14734.24391.77631.7763
H61.09512.13352.61883.47321.77631.7845
H71.09512.13352.61883.47321.77631.7845

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 114.116 N2 C1 H5 106.409
N2 C1 H6 111.695 N2 C1 H7 111.695
N2 N3 N4 174.300 H5 C1 H6 108.904
H5 C1 H7 108.904 H6 C1 H7 109.135
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.221      
2 N -0.387      
3 N 0.406      
4 N -0.254      
5 H 0.164      
6 H 0.146      
7 H 0.146      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.855 -2.042 0.000 2.214
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.969 1.730 0.000
y 1.730 -23.184 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.137
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.809 1.730 0.000
y 1.730 0.870 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.939
Polar
3z2-r21.878
x2-y2-1.786
xy1.730
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.711 -1.420 0.000
y -1.420 7.081 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.837


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.479
(<r2>)1/2 8.572