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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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 B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.692613
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-691.692613
Nuclear repulsion energy62.429109
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 B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C∞v

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S1C3
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.846978
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-692.846978
Nuclear repulsion energy65.114454
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 B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C∞v

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 3 (CS)

Jump to S1C1 S1C2
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.862437
Energy at 298.15K-692.862323
HF Energy-692.862437
Nuclear repulsion energy69.021288
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 B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 2152 2152 28.05      
2 A' 315 315 70.64      
3 A' 162 162 9.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1314.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1314.5 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 B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.95445 0.16549 0.15257

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.037 0.000
C2 0.623 -1.606 0.000
N3 -0.534 -1.439 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.71592.5326
C22.71591.1685
N32.53261.1685

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 68.489 K1 N3 C2 86.091
C2 K1 N3 25.420
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.897      
2 C -0.188      
3 N -0.709      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.417 10.056 0.000 10.065
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.190 0.960 0.000
y 0.960 -26.274 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.093
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.506 0.960 0.000
y 0.960 -1.133 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.639
Polar
3z2-r27.278
x2-y2-0.916
xy0.960
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.991 -0.207 0.000
y -0.207 5.249 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 3.956


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 70.668
(<r2>)1/2 8.406