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

using model chemistry: MP3/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 MP3/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.800208
Energy at 298.15K-691.799584
HF Energy-691.508636
Nuclear repulsion energy59.275974
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 MP3/TZVP
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 2277 2130 0.75      
2 Σ 259 242 56.67      
3 Π 85 79 15.44      
3 Π 85 79 15.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1352.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1265.0 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 MP3/TZVP
B
0.09135

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/TZVP

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.364
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.368
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.530

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.73153.8941
C22.73151.1626
N33.89411.1626

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 MP3/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.802155
Energy at 298.15K-691.801477
HF Energy-691.515803
Nuclear repulsion energy62.339170
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 MP3/TZVP
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 2263 2116 10.97      
2 Σ 292 273 64.95      
3 Π 59 55 3.79      
3 Π 59 55 3.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1336.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1249.5 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 MP3/TZVP
B
0.10471

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/TZVP

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.269
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.483
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.316

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.75262.5852
C23.75261.1674
N32.58521.1674

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 MP3/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.803489
Energy at 298.15K-691.803284
HF Energy-691.514138
Nuclear repulsion energy65.941914
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 MP3/TZVP
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' 2253 2107 32.00      
2 A' 270 252 51.63      
3 A' 141 132 5.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1331.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1245.4 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 MP3/TZVP
ABC
1.94781 0.14492 0.13489

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.109 0.000
C2 0.624 -1.697 0.000
N3 -0.534 -1.555 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.87462.7168
C22.87461.1667
N32.71681.1667

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 70.461 K1 N3 C2 85.666
C2 K1 N3 23.873
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability