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

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

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 MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.747303
Energy at 298.15K-691.746720
HF Energy-691.442185
Nuclear repulsion energy60.462881
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 MP3/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 2288 2147 0.23      
2 Σ 291 273 58.49      
3 Π 87 81 10.74      
3 Π 87 81 10.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1376.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1291.5 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 MP3/6-31G*
B
0.09670

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.323
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.303
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.475

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.62573.7981
C22.62571.1724
N33.79811.1724

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 MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.747748
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-691.447574
Nuclear repulsion energy63.875205
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 MP3/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 2230 2093 79.19      
2 Σ 327 307 72.83      
3 Π 75i 70i 2.75      
3 Π 75i 70i 2.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1203.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1129.9 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 MP3/6-31G*
B
0.11194

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.224
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.425
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.244

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.64882.4685
C23.64881.1803
N32.46851.1803

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 MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.755050
Energy at 298.15K-691.754967
HF Energy-691.450599
Nuclear repulsion energy68.211640
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 MP3/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 2212 2076 16.65      
2 A' 310 291 66.77      
3 A' 191 179 2.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1356.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1272.9 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
1.88665 0.16199 0.14918

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.049 0.000
C2 0.633 -1.589 0.000
N3 -0.543 -1.486 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.71272.5922
C22.71271.1808
N32.59221.1808

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 71.495 K1 N3 C2 82.913
C2 K1 N3 25.592
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability