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

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G

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/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.604742
Energy at 298.15K-691.604209
HF Energy-691.390901
Nuclear repulsion energy59.272645
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/6-31G
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 2082 2007 0.11      
2 Σ 274 264 48.64      
3 Π 106 102 15.28      
3 Π 106 102 15.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1284.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1237.5 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/6-31G
B
0.09308

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.348
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.325
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.524

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.67343.8726
C22.67341.1992
N33.87261.1992

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/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.605265
Energy at 298.15K-691.604567
HF Energy-691.398907
Nuclear repulsion energy62.644017
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/6-31G
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 2038 1964 49.30      
2 Σ 308 297 58.46      
3 Π 50 48 5.52      
3 Π 50 48 5.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1222.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1178.0 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 QCISD/6-31G
B
0.10778

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.247
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.472
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.266

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.71982.5136
C23.71981.2062
N32.51361.2062

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 QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-691.606562
Energy at 298.15K-691.606341
HF Energy-691.394581
Nuclear repulsion energy66.005046
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/6-31G
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' 2006 1933 14.65      
2 A' 281 270 50.31      
3 A' 125 121 4.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1205.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1161.9 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/6-31G
ABC
1.83604 0.14966 0.13838

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.091 0.000
C2 0.643 -1.694 0.000
N3 -0.551 -1.508 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.85802.6564
C22.85801.2077
N32.65641.2077

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 68.140 K1 N3 C2 86.902
C2 K1 N3 24.957
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability