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

using model chemistry: CISD/6-311G*

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 CISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.926770
Energy at 298.15K-691.926127
HF Energy-691.499860
Nuclear repulsion energy60.772704
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 CISD/6-311G*
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 2273 2104 0.86      
2 Σ 284 263 65.71      
3 Π 71 66 11.22      
3 Π 71 66 11.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1350.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9253) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1249.2 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 CISD/6-311G*
B
0.09749

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/6-311G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.318
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.301
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.463

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.61883.7810
C22.61881.1623
N33.78101.1623

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 CISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.930250
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-691.506953
Nuclear repulsion energy64.305941
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 CISD/6-311G*
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 2214 2049 105.35      
2 Σ 321 297 81.12      
3 Π 56i 52i 2.41      
3 Π 56i 52i 2.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1211.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9253) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1120.7 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 CISD/6-311G*
B
0.11338

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/6-311G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.216
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.408
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.238

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.62482.4541
C23.62481.1707
N32.45411.1707

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 CISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.934653
Energy at 298.15K-691.934536
HF Energy-691.508048
Nuclear repulsion energy68.485947
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 CISD/6-311G*
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' 2199 2035 24.21      
2 A' 311 288 68.00      
3 A' 165 153 8.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1338.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9253) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1238.1 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 CISD/6-311G*
ABC
1.96303 0.16179 0.14947

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.049 0.000
C2 0.622 -1.639 0.000
N3 -0.533 -1.442 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.75822.5470
C22.75821.1709
N32.54701.1709

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 67.313 K1 N3 C2 87.590
C2 K1 N3 25.096
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability