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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.809087
Energy at 298.15K-691.808454
HF Energy-691.507698
Nuclear repulsion energy59.050480
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/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 2178 2081 0.45      
2 Σ 257 246 55.39      
3 Π 83 79 15.30      
3 Π 83 79 15.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1300.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1242.3 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/TZVP
B
0.09086

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.367
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.368
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.539

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.73503.9062
C22.73501.1713
N33.90621.1713

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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.810985
Energy at 298.15K-691.810298
HF Energy-691.515047
Nuclear repulsion energy62.086748
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/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 2176 2078 3.50      
2 Σ 289 276 63.54      
3 Π 57 55 3.96      
3 Π 57 55 3.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1289.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1231.8 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 QCISD/TZVP
B
0.10403

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.273
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.494
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.318

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.76652.5908
C23.76651.1757
N32.59081.1757

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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.812333
Energy at 298.15K-691.812123
HF Energy-691.513328
Nuclear repulsion energy65.671626
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/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' 2160 2064 36.10      
2 A' 268 256 50.16      
3 A' 140 134 5.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1283.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1226.5 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 QCISD/TZVP
ABC
1.91868 0.14417 0.13410

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.112 0.000
C2 0.628 -1.701 0.000
N3 -0.538 -1.560 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.88182.7251
C22.88181.1752
N32.72511.1752

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 70.511 K1 N3 C2 85.501
C2 K1 N3 23.988
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability