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Experimental data for HN3 (hydrogen azide)

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Other names
hydrozoic acid; azoimide; diazoimide; triazoic acid; hydronitric acid; hydrogen azide;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/HN3/c1-3-2/h1H JUINSXZKUKVTMD-UHFFFAOYSA-N N=[N+]=[N-] hydrogen azide
State Conformation
1A' CS
Enthalpy of formation (Hfg), Entropy, Integrated heat capacity (0 K to 298.15 K) (HH), Heat Capacity (Cp)
Property Value Uncertainty units Reference Comment
Hfg(298.15K) enthalpy of formation 294.00 4.00 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation 300.30 4.00 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 239.33   J K-1 mol-1 Gurvich
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 10.95   kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 44.22   J K-1 mol-1 Gurvich
Information can also be found for this species in the NIST Chemistry Webbook
Vibrational levels (cm-1) vibrations
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency Intensity Comment Description
Fundamental(cm-1) Harmonic(cm-1) Reference (km mol-1) unc. Reference
1 A' 3340   Gurvich       NH stretch
2 A' 2140           N#N str
3 A' 1264           NH bend
4 A' 1151           NN stretch
5 A' 534           NNN bend
6 A" 607           NNN bend

vibrational zero-point energy: 4517.5 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for HN3 (hydrogen azide).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
20.38064 0.40142 0.39299 Gurvich

Calculated rotational constants for HN3 (hydrogen azide).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
1490.042amu3Å6   6.82286000209424E-117gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of hydrogen azide

Point Group Cs


Internal coordinates
distances (r) in Å, angles (a) in degrees, dihedrals (d) in degrees
Description Value unc. Connectivity Reference Comment
Atom 1 Atom 2 Atom 3 Atom 4
rNH 0.975 0.020 1 4 1976Hellwege(II/7)
rNN 1.237 0.003 2 1976Hellwege(II/7)
rNN 1.133 0.003 2 3 1976Hellwege(II/7)
aHNN 114.1 1 2 1 4 1976Hellwege(II/7)

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -1.1636 -0.0605 0.0000
N2 0.0730 -0.0184 0.0000
N3 1.2052 0.0203 0.0000
H4 -1.5922 0.8151 0.0000

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  N1 N2 N3 H4
N1   1.23732.37020.9749
N2 1.2373   1.13291.8622
N3 2.37021.1329   2.9081
H4 0.97491.86222.9081  

Calculated geometries for HN3 (hydrogen azide).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle         atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 N2 N3 179.992 N2 N1 H4 114.132

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
N=N 2
H-N 1

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
N1 N2
N1 H4
N2 N3
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1A'

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
10.560 0.020 10.720   2009Qui/Wod:3822-3829

Proton Affinity (kJ mol-1)
Proton Affinity unc. Product reference comment
756.0   HNNNH+ webbook  
Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Electric dipole moment dipole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Dipole (Debye) Reference comment Point Group Components
x y z total dipole quadrupole
1 1 1A' Cs True 0.837 1.480   1.700 1975Ben/Win:141 MW +-0.05 μ0 Cs 2 3
Experimental dipole measurement abbreviations: MW microwave; DT Dielectric with Temperature variation; DR Indirect (usually an upper limit); MB Molecular beam
Calculated electric dipole moments for HN3 (hydrogen azide).
Electric quadrupole moment quadrupole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Quadrupole (D Å) Reference comment Point Group Components
xx yy zz dipole quadrupole
1 1 1A' Cs True       Cs 2 3

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for HN3 (hydrogen azide).

References
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1975Ben/Win:141 J Bendtsen, M Winnewisser "Ground State Spectroscopic Constants and Dipole Moment of Hydrazoic Acid, H14N3" Chem. Phys. Lett. 33(1) 141, 1975 10.1016/0009-2614(75)85471-6
1976Hellwege(II/7) Hellwege, KH and AM Hellwege (ed.). Landolt-Bornstein: Group II: Atomic and Molecular Physics Volume 7: Structure Data of Free Polyatomic Molecules. Springer-Verlag. Berlin. 1976.  
2009Qui/Wod:3822-3829 A Quinto-Hernandez, M Wodtke, Y-Y Lee, T-P Huang, W-C Pan, J J-M Lin "Ion Dissociation of Hydrazoic Acid Investigated by Synchrotron-Radiation-Based Photoionization Mass Spectrometry" J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 3822–3829 10.1021/jp809577t
Gurvich Gurvich, L.V.; Veyts, I. V.; Alcock, C. B., Thermodynamic Properties of Individual Substances, Fouth Edition, Hemisphere Pub. Co., New York, 1989  
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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