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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/TZVP

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 QCISD(T)/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.823290
Energy at 298.15K-691.822661
HF Energy-691.506869
Nuclear repulsion energy58.885257
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 QCISD(T)/TZVP
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 2129 2051        
2 Σ 255 246        
3 Π 85 82        
3 Π 85 82        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1277.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1230.1 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 QCISD(T)/TZVP
B
0.09049

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/TZVP

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.370
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.368
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.545

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.73833.9154
C22.73831.1771
N33.91541.1771

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 QCISD(T)/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.824599
Energy at 298.15K-691.823877
HF Energy-691.514416
Nuclear repulsion energy61.890293
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 QCISD(T)/TZVP
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 2139 2060        
2 Σ 286 276        
3 Π 49 47        
3 Π 49 47        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1261.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1215.2 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 QCISD(T)/TZVP
B
0.10343

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/TZVP

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.277
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.501
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.321

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.77792.5974
C23.77791.1806
N32.59741.1806

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 QCISD(T)/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.826357
Energy at 298.15K-691.826154
HF Energy-691.512624
Nuclear repulsion energy65.550284
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 QCISD(T)/TZVP
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' 2119 2041        
2 A' 266 256        
3 A' 145 140        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1264.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1218.4 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 QCISD(T)/TZVP
ABC
1.89363 0.14413 0.13394

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.112 0.000
C2 0.632 -1.690 0.000
N3 -0.542 -1.570 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.87282.7359
C22.87281.1804
N32.73591.1804

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 71.420 K1 N3 C2 84.441
C2 K1 N3 24.140
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability