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

using model chemistry: SVWN/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 SVWN/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1057.654804
Energy at 298.15K-1057.655476
HF Energy-1057.654804
Nuclear repulsion energy64.094660
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 SVWN/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 292 286 42.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 145.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 143.1 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 SVWN/6-31G*
B
0.12863

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.259
Cl2 0.000 0.000 -1.407

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 Cl2
K12.6667
Cl22.6667

picture of Potassium Chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 K 0.717      
2 Cl -0.717      


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 9.986 9.986
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.248 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -25.248 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.183
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.032 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.032 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.065
Polar
3z2-r20.130
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 3.348 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.348 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.237


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.562
(<r2>)1/2 8.920