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

using model chemistry: MP2/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-120.541124
Energy at 298.15K-120.540607
HF Energy-120.322346
Nuclear repulsion energy37.203264
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/SDD
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 1850 1785 2.79      
2 Σ 270 260 48.99      
3 Π 113 109 17.20      
3 Π 113 109 17.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1172.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1132.1 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/SDD
B
0.09124

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.361
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.326
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.557

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.68683.9176
C22.68681.2308
N33.91761.2308

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-120.538496
Energy at 298.15K-120.537916
HF Energy-120.333000
Nuclear repulsion energy38.741999
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/SDD
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 1904 1838 0.68      
2 Σ 295 285 58.97      
3 Π 86 83 2.88      
3 Π 86 83 2.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1185.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1144.2 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/SDD
B
0.10469

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.265
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.511
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.282

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.77612.5473
C23.77611.2288
N32.54731.2288

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 MP2/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-120.539520
Energy at 298.15K-120.539293
HF Energy-120.324255
Nuclear repulsion energy40.125735
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/SDD
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' 1819 1756 9.65      
2 A' 269 259 52.61      
3 A' 133 129 1.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1110.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1071.7 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/SDD
ABC
1.71287 0.14509 0.13376

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.109 0.000
C2 0.665 -1.649 0.000
N3 -0.570 -1.596 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.83652.7644
C22.83651.2353
N32.76441.2353

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 74.015 K1 N3 C2 80.544
C2 K1 N3 25.441
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability