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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-201.428672
Energy at 298.15K-201.432910
HF Energy-201.428672
Nuclear repulsion energy102.493851
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/STO-3G
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' 3477 3103 0.77      
2 A' 3279 2926 1.44      
3 A' 2075 1852 45.85      
4 A' 1644 1468 8.44      
5 A' 1538 1373 14.24      
6 A' 1185 1057 35.50      
7 A' 1161 1036 17.15      
8 A' 899 802 3.77      
9 A' 596 532 4.14      
10 A' 228 203 3.94      
11 A" 3441 3071 1.31      
12 A" 1644 1467 5.98      
13 A" 1113 993 0.18      
14 A" 409 365 4.01      
15 A" 141 126 0.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11415.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10187.3 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/STO-3G
ABC
1.32185 0.16287 0.14923

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.203 -1.612 0.000
N2 0.743 -0.392 0.000
N3 0.000 0.721 0.000
N4 -0.394 1.876 0.000
H5 0.461 -2.493 0.000
H6 -0.841 -1.636 0.904
H7 -0.841 -1.636 -0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7
C11.54392.34183.49281.10301.10651.1065
N21.54391.33782.53632.12002.20792.2079
N32.34181.33781.22003.24672.66132.6613
N43.49282.53631.22004.45133.65413.6541
H51.10302.12003.24674.45131.80121.8012
H61.10652.20792.66133.65411.80121.8079
H71.10652.20792.66133.65411.80121.8079

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 108.495 N2 C1 H5 105.215
N2 C1 H6 111.761 N2 C1 H7 111.761
N2 N3 N4 165.119 H5 C1 H6 109.210
H5 C1 H7 109.210 H6 C1 H7 109.555
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.153      
2 N -0.133      
3 N 0.030      
4 N -0.035      
5 H 0.103      
6 H 0.094      
7 H 0.094      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.955 -1.701 0.000 1.951
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.739 1.653 0.000
y 1.653 -22.233 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.451
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.897 1.653 0.000
y 1.653 -0.138 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.035
Polar
3z2-r22.069
x2-y2-0.506
xy1.653
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.833 -0.850 0.000
y -0.850 5.293 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.266


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.785
(<r2>)1/2 8.876