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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.157244
Energy at 298.15K-688.156681
HF Energy-687.948712
Nuclear repulsion energy59.583414
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 QCISD/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 2105 2040 0.96      
2 Σ 272 264 42.98      
3 Π 98 95 19.46      
3 Π 98 95 19.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1286.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1246.5 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 QCISD/3-21G
B
0.09386

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.343
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.323
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.512

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.66623.8548
C22.66621.1886
N33.85481.1886

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 QCISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.157302
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-687.956321
Nuclear repulsion energy62.855910
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 QCISD/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 2097 2033 6.37      
2 Σ 304 294 49.09      
3 Π 48i 46i 3.06      
3 Π 48i 46i 3.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1152.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1117.3 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 QCISD/3-21G
B
0.10813

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.246
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.464
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.270

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.70972.5163
C23.70971.1934
N32.51631.1934

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 QCISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.161594
Energy at 298.15K-688.161426
HF Energy-687.955203
Nuclear repulsion energy66.376102
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 QCISD/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' 2048 1985 12.37      
2 A' 287 278 41.88      
3 A' 151 147 4.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1243.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1204.8 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 QCISD/3-21G
ABC
1.85053 0.15122 0.13980

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.085 0.000
C2 0.640 -1.664 0.000
N3 -0.548 -1.520 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.82292.6624
C22.82291.1968
N32.66241.1968

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 69.982 K1 N3 C2 85.034
C2 K1 N3 24.984
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability