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All results from a given calculation for KCN (Potassium cyanide)

using model chemistry: CISD/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C*V 1Σ
1 2 no C*V 1Σ
1 3 yes CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.148691
Energy at 298.15K-688.147960
HF Energy-687.955940
Nuclear repulsion energy59.736268
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 CISD/3-21G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 2183 2040 1.77      
2 Σ 270 252 49.11      
3 Π 53 50 18.57      
3 Π 53 50 18.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1279.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1195.8 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 CISD/3-21G*
B
0.09408

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.342
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.326
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.506

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.66803.8480
C22.66801.1800
N33.84801.1800

picture of Potassium cyanide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
K1 C2 N3 180.000 K1 N3 C2 0.000
C2 K1 N3 0.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S1C3
Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.154390
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-687.968036
Nuclear repulsion energy63.474173
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 CISD/3-21G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 2137 1997 36.67      
2 Σ 319 298 58.90      
3 Π 81i 76i 3.10      
3 Π 81i 76i 3.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1146.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1071.7 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 CISD/3-21G*
B
0.11058

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.232
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.440
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.251

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.67162.4830
C23.67161.1886
N32.48301.1886

picture of Potassium cyanide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
K1 C2 N3 0.000 K1 N3 C2 180.000
C2 K1 N3 0.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 3 (CS)

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Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.158894
Energy at 298.15K-688.158725
HF Energy-687.968023
Nuclear repulsion energy66.937959
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 CISD/3-21G*
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' 2105 1967 11.81      
2 A' 321 300 42.45      
3 A' 127 119 8.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1276.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1192.6 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 CISD/3-21G*
ABC
1.96349 0.15259 0.14159

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.078 0.000
C2 0.622 -1.730 0.000
N3 -0.533 -1.445 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.87612.5791
C22.87611.1901
N32.57911.1901

picture of Potassium cyanide state 1 conformation 3
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
K1 C2 N3 63.669 K1 N3 C2 91.901
C2 K1 N3 24.429
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability