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All results from a given calculation for KCl (Potassium Chloride)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 1Σ
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1060.061952
Energy at 298.15K-1060.062601
Nuclear repulsion energy62.755754
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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 274 262 48.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 137.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 131.0 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
B
0.12331

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.286
Cl2 0.000 0.000 -1.437

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 Cl2
K12.7236
Cl22.7236

picture of Potassium Chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.775      
2 Cl -0.775      


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 10.724 10.724
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.006 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -25.006 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.267
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.130 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.130 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.261
Polar
3z2-r2-0.522
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 2.962 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.962 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.774


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000