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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-311G**

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 B97D3/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.813294
Energy at 298.15K-692.812616
HF Energy-692.813294
Nuclear repulsion energy60.811588
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 B97D3/6-311G**
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 2127 2097 5.09      
2 Σ 269 265 60.51      
3 Π 67 66 10.94      
3 Π 67 66 10.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1264.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1246.5 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 B97D3/6-311G**
B
0.09825

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.312
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.285
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.460

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.59693.7716
C22.59691.1746
N33.77161.1746

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
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.723      
2 C -0.418      
3 N -0.305      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 11.773 11.773
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.115 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.115 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.331
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.608 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.608 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.216
Polar
3z2-r2-14.432
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.520 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.520 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.709


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.898
(<r2>)1/2 10.045

Conformer 2 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.815765
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-692.815765
Nuclear repulsion energy64.244363
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 B97D3/6-311G**
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 2068 2038 112.36      
2 Σ 304 300 73.57      
3 Π 65i 64i 1.84      
3 Π 65i 64i 1.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1120.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1104.8 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 B97D3/6-311G**
B
0.11369

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.214
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.411
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.228

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.62522.4418
C23.62521.1834
N32.44181.1834

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
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.727      
2 C -0.222      
3 N -0.505      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 11.802 11.802
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.037 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.037 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.808
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.885 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.885 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -9.771
Polar
3z2-r2-19.542
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.484 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.484 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 7.693


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 89.862
(<r2>)1/2 9.480

Conformer 3 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.819753
Energy at 298.15K-692.819621
HF Energy-692.819753
Nuclear repulsion energy68.205030
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 B97D3/6-311G**
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' 2052 2023 21.83      
2 A' 306 301 64.32      
3 A' 159 156 9.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1258.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1240.2 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 B97D3/6-311G**
ABC
1.92209 0.16142 0.14891

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.050 0.000
C2 0.628 -1.643 0.000
N3 -0.538 -1.441 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.76512.5487
C22.76511.1839
N32.54871.1839

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 67.067 K1 N3 C2 87.607
C2 K1 N3 25.327
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.670      
2 C -0.257      
3 N -0.413      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.460 9.966 0.000 9.977
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.331 1.109 0.000
y 1.109 -26.348 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.284
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.515 1.109 0.000
y 1.109 -1.041 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.556
Polar
3z2-r27.112
x2-y2-0.983
xy1.109
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.810 -0.262 0.000
y -0.262 5.251 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.660


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 72.099
(<r2>)1/2 8.491