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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.173069
Energy at 298.15K-688.172338
HF Energy-687.952155
Nuclear repulsion energy59.542908
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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
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 1929 1829 19.36      
2 Σ 272 258 46.85      
3 Π 53 50 20.58      
3 Π 53 50 20.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1153.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1093.3 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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
B
0.09439

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.338
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.307
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.512

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.64563.8497
C22.64561.2041
N33.84971.2041

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)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.175907
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-687.965585
Nuclear repulsion energy63.270061
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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
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 1931 1831 26.62      
2 Σ 314 297 57.69      
3 Π 89i 84i 1.85      
3 Π 89i 84i 1.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1033.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 979.6 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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
B
0.11056

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.230
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.449
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.240

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.67942.4706
C23.67941.2088
N32.47061.2088

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)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.183695
Energy at 298.15K-688.183581
HF Energy-687.963884
Nuclear repulsion energy67.174754
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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
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' 1852 1756 1.93      
2 A' 312 296 47.48      
3 A' 169 160 6.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1166.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1105.7 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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
ABC
1.80550 0.15845 0.14566

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.060 0.000
C2 0.648 -1.640 0.000
N3 -0.555 -1.472 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.77632.5924
C22.77631.2147
N32.59241.2147

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 68.585 K1 N3 C2 85.552
C2 K1 N3 25.863
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability