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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.159353
Energy at 298.15K-688.158626
HF Energy-687.955358
Nuclear repulsion energy59.605450
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 CCD/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 2137 2044 4.38      
2 Σ 269 257 47.85      
3 Π 54 52 19.95      
3 Π 54 52 19.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1257.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1202.7 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 CCD/3-21G*
B
0.09377

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.344
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.326
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.511

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.67053.8552
C22.67051.1848
N33.85521.1848

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 CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.163184
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-687.967692
Nuclear repulsion energy63.307756
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 CCD/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 2118 2025 23.83      
2 Σ 317 303 58.57      
3 Π 85i 81i 2.56      
3 Π 85i 81i 2.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1132.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1083.0 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 CCD/3-21G*
B
0.10998

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.235
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.446
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.255

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.68132.4899
C23.68131.1914
N32.48991.1914

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 CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.168681
Energy at 298.15K-688.168523
HF Energy-687.967313
Nuclear repulsion energy66.931783
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 CCD/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' 2073 1983 6.80      
2 A' 315 301 43.67      
3 A' 138 132 7.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1263.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1208.1 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 CCD/3-21G*
ABC
1.90046 0.15383 0.14231

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.075 0.000
C2 0.632 -1.690 0.000
N3 -0.542 -1.470 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.83642.6022
C22.83641.1938
N32.60221.1938

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 66.515 K1 N3 C2 88.601
C2 K1 N3 24.884
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability