return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G**

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)

Jump to S1C2 S1C3
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.756537
Energy at 298.15K-691.755977
HF Energy-691.439357
Nuclear repulsion energy60.151291
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 MP2=FULL/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 Σ 2061 1925 9.78      
2 Σ 292 273 56.13      
3 Π 92 86 12.03      
3 Π 92 86 12.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1268.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1185.1 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
B
0.09632

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.325
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.295
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.486

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.61943.8110
C22.61941.1915
N33.81101.1915

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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.754316
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-691.445785
Nuclear repulsion energy63.488727
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 MP2=FULL/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 Σ 2059 1924 38.82      
2 Σ 322 301 69.81      
3 Π 77i 72i 1.91      
3 Π 77i 72i 1.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1113.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1040.7 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
B
0.11095

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.229
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.440
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.244

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.66892.4732
C23.66891.1956
N32.47321.1956

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)

Jump to S1C1 S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.763586
Energy at 298.15K-691.763521
HF Energy-691.448019
Nuclear repulsion energy67.967741
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 MP2=FULL/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' 2006 1875 3.26      
2 A' 309 289 66.90      
3 A' 203 189 1.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1259.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1176.5 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
1.82215 0.16269 0.14936

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.047 0.000
C2 0.644 -1.567 0.000
N3 -0.552 -1.499 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.69232.6048
C22.69231.1987
N32.60481.1987

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 72.877 K1 N3 C2 81.034
C2 K1 N3 26.089
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability