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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/3-21G

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 MP2=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.163885
Energy at 298.15K-688.163336
HF Energy-687.946013
Nuclear repulsion energy59.566077
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=FULL/3-21G
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 1928 1841 13.04      
2 Σ 276 264 43.35      
3 Π 101 96 21.40      
3 Π 101 96 21.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1202.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1148.3 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=FULL/3-21G
B
0.09451

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.337
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.306
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.510

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.64323.8477
C22.64321.2045
N33.84771.2045

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)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.161870
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-687.954640
Nuclear repulsion energy62.868570
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=FULL/3-21G
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 1946 1859 17.50      
2 Σ 301 287 51.65      
3 Π 63i 60i 2.06      
3 Π 63i 60i 2.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1060.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1012.7 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=FULL/3-21G
B
0.10875

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.241
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.464
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.257

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.70532.4988
C23.70531.2065
N32.49881.2065

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=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.168876
Energy at 298.15K-688.168748
HF Energy-687.952158
Nuclear repulsion energy66.688944
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=FULL/3-21G
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' 1853 1770 0.75      
2 A' 289 276 50.55      
3 A' 176 168 2.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1159.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1106.8 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 MP2=FULL/3-21G
ABC
1.77984 0.15569 0.14316

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.070 0.000
C2 0.652 -1.613 0.000
N3 -0.559 -1.522 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.76122.6519
C22.76121.2144
N32.65191.2144

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 72.053 K1 N3 C2 82.121
C2 K1 N3 25.826
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability