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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G**

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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 B97D3/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.744371
Energy at 298.15K-692.743681
HF Energy-692.744371
Nuclear repulsion energy60.196589
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 B97D3/6-31G**
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 2143 2143 1.91      
2 Σ 278 278 47.21      
3 Π 61 61 10.42      
3 Π 61 61 10.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1271.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1271.4 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 B97D3/6-31G**
B
0.09607

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.327
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.303
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.485

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.63013.8124
C22.63011.1823
N33.81241.1823

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
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.636      
2 C -0.224      
3 N -0.412      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 11.844 11.844
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.303 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.303 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.045
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.371 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.371 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -6.742
Polar
3z2-r2-13.485
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.904 0.001 0.001
y 0.001 3.904 0.001
z 0.001 0.001 8.393


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 102.845
(<r2>)1/2 10.141

Conformer 2 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.744510
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-692.744510
Nuclear repulsion energy63.539012
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 B97D3/6-31G**
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 2083 2083 77.61      
2 Σ 301 301 52.83      
3 Π 79i 79i 2.30      
3 Π 79i 79i 2.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1113.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1113.5 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 B97D3/6-31G**
B
0.11095

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G**

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 -2.438
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.247

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.66702.4762
C23.66701.1907
N32.47621.1907

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
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.672      
2 C -0.130      
3 N -0.542      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 11.740 11.740
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.413 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.413 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.043
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.315 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.315 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.630
Polar
3z2-r2-17.260
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.024 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 4.024 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 8.807


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 91.669
(<r2>)1/2 9.574

Conformer 3 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.751405
Energy at 298.15K-692.751267
HF Energy-692.751405
Nuclear repulsion energy67.702827
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 B97D3/6-31G**
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' 2063 2063 18.02      
2 A' 286 286 58.21      
3 A' 172 172 2.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1260.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1260.3 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 B97D3/6-31G**
ABC
1.85862 0.15968 0.14705

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.056 0.000
C2 0.638 -1.609 0.000
N3 -0.547 -1.488 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.74122.6026
C22.74121.1915
N32.60261.1915

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 70.690 K1 N3 C2 83.713
C2 K1 N3 25.598
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.608      
2 C -0.146      
3 N -0.462      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.425 9.932 0.000 9.941
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.506 0.624 0.000
y 0.624 -25.903 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.595
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.757 0.624 0.000
y 0.624 -0.352 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.109
Polar
3z2-r26.218
x2-y2-1.603
xy0.624
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.026 -0.049 0.000
y -0.049 5.240 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.997


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 72.817
(<r2>)1/2 8.533