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

using model chemistry: MP2/STO-3G

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-684.362306
Energy at 298.15K-684.362097
HF Energy-684.189528
Nuclear repulsion energy60.744310
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/STO-3G
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 2261 1972 857.66      
2 Σ 401 350 76.98      
3 Π 192 167 10.91      
3 Π 192 167 10.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1522.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1327.8 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/STO-3G
B
0.10004

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.297
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.237
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.459

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.53393.7554
C22.53391.2215
N33.75541.2215

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-684.334032
Energy at 298.15K-684.333565
HF Energy-684.187707
Nuclear repulsion energy64.168090
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/STO-3G
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 2514 2192 3080.64      
2 Σ 452 394 215.81      
3 Π 91 80 3.81      
3 Π 91 80 3.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1574.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1372.4 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/STO-3G
B
0.11418

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.210
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.416
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.213

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.62552.4228
C23.62551.2027
N32.42281.2027

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-684.352503
Energy at 298.15K-684.352568
HF Energy-684.196614
Nuclear repulsion energy69.320404
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/STO-3G
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' 2019 1761 43.62      
2 A' 451 393 82.09      
3 A' 244 213 2.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1357.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1183.3 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/STO-3G
ABC
1.73767 0.17612 0.15991

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.006 0.000
C2 0.660 -1.416 0.000
N3 -0.566 -1.517 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.51002.5860
C22.51001.2299
N32.58601.2299

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 79.497 K1 N3 C2 72.621
C2 K1 N3 27.881
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability