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

using model chemistry: MP2/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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.805635
Energy at 298.15K-691.805012
HF Energy-691.506036
Nuclear repulsion energy58.820461
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/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 2056 1949 0.96      
2 Σ 258 244 54.64      
3 Π 86 81 16.84      
3 Π 86 81 16.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1242.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1177.4 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/TZVP
B
0.09047

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/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 -1.365
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.548

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.73503.9174
C22.73501.1824
N33.91741.1824

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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.804834
Energy at 298.15K-691.804115
HF Energy-691.514055
Nuclear repulsion energy61.773066
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/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 2101 1992 1.00      
2 Σ 285 270 63.69      
3 Π 51 48 2.66      
3 Π 51 48 2.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1243.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1178.8 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/TZVP
B
0.10305

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.279
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.506
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.323

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.78502.6019
C23.78501.1831
N32.60191.1831

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 MP2/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.807779
Energy at 298.15K-691.807587
HF Energy-691.511812
Nuclear repulsion energy65.483950
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/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' 2057 1950 28.96      
2 A' 265 251 54.74      
3 A' 153 145 2.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1237.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1173.1 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 MP2/TZVP
ABC
1.86574 0.14442 0.13405

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.111 0.000
C2 0.637 -1.663 0.000
N3 -0.546 -1.591 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.84602.7570
C22.84601.1848
N32.75701.1848

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 73.615 K1 N3 C2 82.037
C2 K1 N3 24.348
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability