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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

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 MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.167068
Energy at 298.15K-688.166314
HF Energy-687.952197
Nuclear repulsion energy59.291416
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 MP2/3-21G*
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 1937 1843 13.52      
2 Σ 271 258 46.66      
3 Π 47 45 20.42      
3 Π 47 45 20.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1150.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1094.8 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 MP2/3-21G*
B
0.09336

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.346
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.319
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.523

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.66513.8688
C22.66511.2037
N33.86881.2037

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 MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.169193
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-687.965577
Nuclear repulsion energy62.840857
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 MP2/3-21G*
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 1969 1873 4.50      
2 Σ 313 298 56.12      
3 Π 86i 82i 1.82      
3 Π 86i 82i 1.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1054.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1003.3 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 MP2/3-21G*
B
0.10864

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.242
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.465
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.258

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.70702.5003
C23.70701.2067
N32.50031.2067

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 MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.176500
Energy at 298.15K-688.176376
HF Energy-687.964298
Nuclear repulsion energy66.627885
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 MP2/3-21G*
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' 1891 1799 3.93      
2 A' 310 295 44.10      
3 A' 164 156 6.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1182.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1124.4 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
1.80658 0.15460 0.14241

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.073 0.000
C2 0.648 -1.651 0.000
N3 -0.555 -1.499 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.80012.6313
C22.80011.2121
N32.63131.2121

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 69.420 K1 N3 C2 85.032
C2 K1 N3 25.548
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability