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

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.145313
Energy at 298.15K-688.144591
HF Energy-687.956128
Nuclear repulsion energy59.791361
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 CID/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 2198 2046 2.50      
2 Σ 270 252 49.39      
3 Π 55 51 19.00      
3 Π 55 51 19.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1289.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1200.1 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 CID/3-21G*
B
0.09422

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.341
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.326
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.504

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.66653.8448
C22.66651.1783
N33.84481.1783

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 CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.150465
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-687.968237
Nuclear repulsion energy63.532317
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 CID/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 2159 2009 36.98      
2 Σ 319 297 59.77      
3 Π 81i 76i 2.90      
3 Π 81i 76i 2.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1157.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1077.4 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 CID/3-21G*
B
0.11073

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.231
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.438
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.251

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.66862.4822
C23.66861.1863
N32.48221.1863

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 CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.155038
Energy at 298.15K-688.154867
HF Energy-687.968065
Nuclear repulsion energy67.028488
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 CID/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' 2123 1976 9.98      
2 A' 318 296 44.08      
3 A' 129 120 7.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1284.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1195.4 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
1.94526 0.15336 0.14215

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.076 0.000
C2 0.625 -1.710 0.000
N3 -0.536 -1.456 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.85572.5879
C22.85571.1880
N32.58791.1880

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 64.982 K1 N3 C2 90.435
C2 K1 N3 24.583
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability