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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/SDD

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-204.038660
Energy at 298.15K-204.043158
HF Energy-204.038660
Nuclear repulsion energy105.489901
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 B3LYP/SDD
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 3070 13.15      
2 A' 3034 2917 53.47      
3 A' 2081 2000 384.32      
4 A' 1507 1449 20.32      
5 A' 1467 1410 8.42      
6 A' 1288 1238 90.15      
7 A' 1138 1094 17.86      
8 A' 855 822 9.49      
9 A' 609 585 13.66      
10 A' 240 231 8.71      
11 A" 3117 2996 43.23      
12 A" 1515 1456 13.97      
13 A" 1098 1055 0.04      
14 A" 504 485 4.53      
15 A" 119 114 1.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10882.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9613) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10460.9 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 B3LYP/SDD
ABC
1.59923 0.16505 0.15403

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/SDD

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.493 -0.651 0.000
N2 0.000 -0.736 0.000
N3 0.658 0.340 0.000
N4 1.420 1.234 0.000
H5 -1.849 -1.682 0.000
H6 -1.872 -0.140 0.896
H7 -1.872 -0.140 -0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49522.36833.46931.09101.09861.0986
N21.49521.26162.42842.07692.15882.1588
N32.36831.26161.17423.22112.72632.7263
N43.46932.42841.17424.38053.67763.6776
H51.09102.07693.22114.38051.78351.7835
H61.09862.15882.72633.67761.78351.7917
H71.09862.15882.72633.67761.78351.7917

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 118.175 N2 C1 H5 105.790
N2 C1 H6 111.763 N2 C1 H7 111.763
N2 N3 N4 170.985 H5 C1 H6 109.080
H5 C1 H7 109.080 H6 C1 H7 109.256
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.546      
2 N -0.123      
3 N 0.035      
4 N -0.055      
5 H 0.242      
6 H 0.224      
7 H 0.224      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.949 -0.330 0.000 2.968
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.558 -0.922 0.000
y -0.922 -26.758 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.139
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.391 -0.922 0.000
y -0.922 -3.910 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.519
Polar
3z2-r23.039
x2-y24.201
xy-0.922
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.659 2.623 0.000
y 2.623 5.729 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.643


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.301
(<r2>)1/2 8.849