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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-311G*

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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.544120
Energy at 298.15K-692.543510
HF Energy-692.544120
Nuclear repulsion energy61.349663
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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
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 2229 2139 2.46      
2 Σ 289 277 65.23      
3 Π 79 76 10.79      
3 Π 79 76 10.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1337.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1283.4 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
B
0.10000

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.300
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.274
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.438

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.57423.7385
C22.57421.1643
N33.73851.1643

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
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.757      
2 C -0.429      
3 N -0.328      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 11.920 11.920
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.936 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.936 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.405
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.735 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.735 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.470
Polar
3z2-r2-14.939
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.105 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.105 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.429


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.356
(<r2>)1/2 9.968

Conformer 2 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.546812
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-692.546812
Nuclear repulsion energy64.873885
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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
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 2163 2076 124.39      
2 Σ 323 310 81.18      
3 Π 64i 62i 2.06      
3 Π 64i 62i 2.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1179.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1131.4 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
B
0.11599

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.202
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.388
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.215

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.58972.4164
C23.58971.1734
N32.41641.1734

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
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.764      
2 C -0.220      
3 N -0.545      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 11.868 11.868
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.827 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.827 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.733
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.953 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.953 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -9.905
Polar
3z2-r2-19.811
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.053 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.053 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.275


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.301
(<r2>)1/2 9.397

Conformer 3 (CS)

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Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-692.551116
Energy at 298.15K-692.550990
HF Energy-692.551116
Nuclear repulsion energy69.035876
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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
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' 2151 2064 25.30      
2 A' 315 302 68.69      
3 A' 157 150 8.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1311.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1258.4 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
1.95156 0.16594 0.15293

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.036 0.000
C2 0.623 -1.616 0.000
N3 -0.534 -1.425 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.72422.5182
C22.72421.1733
N32.51821.1733

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 67.403 K1 N3 C2 87.120
C2 K1 N3 25.477
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.702      
2 C -0.265      
3 N -0.438      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.435 9.952 0.000 9.961
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.161 1.040 0.000
y 1.040 -26.258 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.075
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.494 1.040 0.000
y 1.040 -1.140 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.635
Polar
3z2-r27.269
x2-y2-0.903
xy1.040
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.395 -0.241 0.000
y -0.241 4.575 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.241


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 70.528
(<r2>)1/2 8.398