KCCH
Potassium acetylide, X 1Σ+
Species tag 064515
Version1*
Date of EntryOct. 2011
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

Transitions without hyperfine structure have been reported by
(1) J. Xin and L. M. Ziurys, 1999, Chem. Phys. Lett. 310, 411.
39K hyperfine splitting was resolved in measurements by
(2) P. M. Sheridan, M. K. L. Binns, M. Sun, J. Min, M. P. Bucchino, D. T. Halfen, L. M. Ziurys, 2011, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 269, 231.
The stated uncertainties in (1, 2) appear to be too conservative; smaller values have been employed here. Predictions may be reliable up to about 550 GHz.
A separate prediction with 39K hyperfine splitting is available for J" ≤ 5. Note: The partition function does not include the spin-multiplicities of 39K ! Therefore, partition function values have to be multiplied by 4 when considering 39K hyperfine splitting !
The dipole moment is from an ab initio calculation by
(3) H. S. P. Müller, 2011, unpublished.

Lines Listed115
Frequency / GHz< 674
Max. J115
log STR0-5.3
log STR1-2.3
Isotope Corr.-0.0397
Egy / cm–10.0
 µa / D9.18
 µb / D 
 µc / D 
 A / MHz 
 B / MHz2970.831
 C / MHz 
 Q(300.0)2109.5191
 Q(225.0)1581.2939
 Q(150.0)1053.6792
 Q(75.00)526.6874
 Q(37.50)263.4297
 Q(18.75)131.8615
 Q(9.375)66.0931
detected in ISM/CSMno


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