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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.871392
Energy at 298.15K-691.870778
HF Energy-691.506139
Nuclear repulsion energy59.098721
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/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 2048 1951 5.62      
2 Σ 258 246 55.21      
3 Π 88 84 16.89      
3 Π 88 84 16.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1240.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9527) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1182.2 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 MP2=FULL/TZVP
B
0.09157

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/TZVP

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.361
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.353
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.535

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.71403.8958
C22.71401.1819
N33.89581.1819

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=FULL/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.871841
Energy at 298.15K-691.871149
HF Energy-691.514228
Nuclear repulsion energy62.353968
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/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 2054 1957 28.80      
2 Σ 288 275 66.58      
3 Π 57 54 2.72      
3 Π 57 54 2.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1227.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9527) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1169.5 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 MP2=FULL/TZVP
B
0.10559

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/TZVP

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.262
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.483
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.298

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.74532.5607
C23.74531.1846
N32.56071.1846

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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.875186
Energy at 298.15K-691.875024
HF Energy-691.511650
Nuclear repulsion energy66.385164
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/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' 2011 1916 2.86      
2 A' 270 258 60.42      
3 A' 167 159 3.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1224.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9527) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1166.2 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 MP2=FULL/TZVP
ABC
1.86904 0.15037 0.13917

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.089 0.000
C2 0.636 -1.650 0.000
N3 -0.545 -1.541 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.81192.6857
C22.81191.1869
N32.68571.1869

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 71.642 K1 N3 C2 83.560
C2 K1 N3 24.798
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability