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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.756093
Energy at 298.15K-691.755525
HF Energy-691.441116
Nuclear repulsion energy60.296186
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 QCISD/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 2187 2083 0.90      
2 Σ 290 276 56.60      
3 Π 91 87 10.77      
3 Π 91 87 10.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1329.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1266.3 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 QCISD/6-31G*
B
0.09642

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/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 -1.300
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.481

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.62473.8057
C22.62471.1810
N33.80571.1810

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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.756556
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-691.446682
Nuclear repulsion energy63.679427
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 QCISD/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 2134 2032 70.75      
2 Σ 325 309 70.43      
3 Π 69i 66i 2.96      
3 Π 69i 66i 2.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1160.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1104.8 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 QCISD/6-31G*
B
0.11148

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.226
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.432
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.243

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.65872.4697
C23.65871.1889
N32.46971.1889

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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.763776
Energy at 298.15K-691.763690
HF Energy-691.449620
Nuclear repulsion energy68.035142
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 QCISD/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' 2113 2012 14.40      
2 A' 308 293 64.92      
3 A' 191 182 2.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1305.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1243.6 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
1.85965 0.16183 0.14887

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.050 0.000
C2 0.638 -1.590 0.000
N3 -0.547 -1.486 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.71602.5934
C22.71601.1895
N32.59341.1895

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 71.351 K1 N3 C2 82.891
C2 K1 N3 25.758
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability