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

using model chemistry: MP2/LANL2DZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 1Σ
1 2 no C*V 1Σ
1 3 no CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-120.351107
Energy at 298.15K-120.350551
HF Energy-120.134481
Nuclear repulsion energy37.111864
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/LANL2DZ
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 1849 1781 2.42      
2 Σ 268 258 49.01      
3 Π 103 99 18.13      
3 Π 103 99 18.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1161.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1118.4 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 MP2/LANL2DZ
B
0.09052

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.366
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.334
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.565

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.70043.9317
C22.70041.2313
N33.93171.2313

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/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-120.348566
Energy at 298.15K-120.347920
HF Energy-120.145121
Nuclear repulsion energy38.609679
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/LANL2DZ
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 1903 1832 0.10      
2 Σ 295 284 59.76      
3 Π 68 66 3.20      
3 Π 68 66 3.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1167.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1124.0 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/LANL2DZ
B
0.10373

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.271
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.521
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.290

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.79212.5614
C23.79211.2308
N32.56141.2308

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)

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Energy calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-120.349613
Energy at 298.15K-120.349362
HF Energy-120.137147
Nuclear repulsion energy40.084948
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/LANL2DZ
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' 1827 1760 19.03      
2 A' 269 259 52.38      
3 A' 119 114 1.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1107.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1066.3 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 MP2/LANL2DZ
ABC
1.71370 0.14450 0.13326

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.111 0.000
C2 0.664 -1.655 0.000
N3 -0.569 -1.597 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.84442.7676
C22.84441.2352
N32.76761.2352

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 73.833 K1 N3 C2 80.784
C2 K1 N3 25.383
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability