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

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G**

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 CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.750669
Energy at 298.15K-691.750101
HF Energy-691.441597
Nuclear repulsion energy60.370726
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 CCD/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 2221 2083 1.55      
2 Σ 291 273 57.66      
3 Π 90 85 11.02      
3 Π 90 85 11.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1346.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1262.2 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 CCD/6-31G**
B
0.09656

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.324
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.301
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.62473.8022
C22.62471.1774
N33.80221.1774

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 CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.750798
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-691.447180
Nuclear repulsion energy63.766517
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 CCD/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 2181 2045 70.17      
2 Σ 326 306 72.42      
3 Π 71i 67i 2.77      
3 Π 71i 67i 2.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1182.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1108.6 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 CCD/6-31G**
B
0.11166

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.225
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.429
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.244

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.65442.4699
C23.65441.1845
N32.46991.1845

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 CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.758197
Energy at 298.15K-691.758118
HF Energy-691.450085
Nuclear repulsion energy68.136916
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 CCD/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 2153 2019 12.41      
2 A' 309 290 66.71      
3 A' 192 180 2.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1327.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1244.7 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 CCD/6-31G**
ABC
1.87074 0.16207 0.14915

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.049 0.000
C2 0.636 -1.586 0.000
N3 -0.545 -1.487 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.71092.5937
C22.71091.1854
N32.59371.1854

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 71.613 K1 N3 C2 82.683
C2 K1 N3 25.704
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability