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

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

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 BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-689.210155
Energy at 298.15K-689.209359
HF Energy-689.210155
Nuclear repulsion energy60.478724
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 BLYP/3-21G*
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 2076 2063 10.23      
2 Σ 266 264 40.60      
3 Π 38 37 16.79      
3 Π 38 37 16.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1208.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1200.7 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 BLYP/3-21G*
B
0.09757

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.316
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.283
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.472

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.59873.7881
C22.59871.1895
N33.78811.1895

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
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.495      
2 C -0.071      
3 N -0.424      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 11.373 11.373
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.424 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -24.424 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.013
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.294 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.294 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.589
Polar
3z2-r2-9.178
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.556 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.556 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.243


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.767
(<r2>)1/2 10.088

Conformer 2 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-689.216374
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-689.216374
Nuclear repulsion energy63.916724
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 BLYP/3-21G*
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 2006 1993 67.26      
2 Σ 309 307 42.88      
3 Π 75i 75i 2.64      
3 Π 75i 75i 2.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1082.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1075.4 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 BLYP/3-21G*
B
0.11296

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.217
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.425
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.225

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.64152.4419
C23.64151.1995
N32.44191.1995

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
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.467      
2 C 0.010      
3 N -0.477      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 11.522 11.522
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.474 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -24.474 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.665
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.595 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.595 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.191
Polar
3z2-r2-14.382
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.511 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.511 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 9.581


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 90.695
(<r2>)1/2 9.523

Conformer 3 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-689.221181
Energy at 298.15K-689.221017
HF Energy-689.221181
Nuclear repulsion energy67.633251
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 BLYP/3-21G*
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' 1973 1960 16.61      
2 A' 314 312 39.38      
3 A' 136 135 7.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1211.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1203.3 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
1.90241 0.15892 0.14667

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.057 0.000
C2 0.632 -1.684 0.000
N3 -0.542 -1.426 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.81302.5417
C22.81301.2016
N32.54171.2016

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 64.632 K1 N3 C2 90.082
C2 K1 N3 25.287
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.416      
2 C 0.003      
3 N -0.419      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.418 9.909 0.000 9.918
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.656 1.191 0.000
y 1.191 -25.826 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.573
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.457 1.191 0.000
y 1.191 0.789 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.669
Polar
3z2-r25.337
x2-y2-2.830
xy1.191
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.164 -0.211 0.000
y -0.211 5.282 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 4.125


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.394
(<r2>)1/2 8.567