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All results from a given calculation for H2CO3 (Carbonic acid)

using model chemistry: HF/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-260.078331
Energy at 298.15K-260.081723
HF Energy-260.078331
Nuclear repulsion energy120.297662
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 HF/STO-3G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 4265 3483 13.65      
2 A1 2137 1745 166.67      
3 A1 1583 1292 8.52      
4 A1 1054 861 4.25      
5 A1 496 405 2.05      
6 A2 486 397 0.00      
7 B1 714 583 45.16      
8 B1 536 437 183.98      
9 B2 4261 3479 1.73      
10 B2 1739 1420 55.43      
11 B2 1351 1103 275.44      
12 B2 576 471 50.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9599.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7837.6 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 HF/STO-3G
ABC
0.38291 0.35524 0.18428

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.112
O2 0.000 0.000 1.329
O3 0.000 1.123 -0.699
O4 0.000 -1.123 -0.699
H5 0.000 1.882 -0.064
H6 0.000 -1.882 -0.064

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.21721.38471.38471.88991.8899
O21.21722.31772.31772.34132.3413
O31.38472.31772.24530.98943.0706
O41.38472.31772.24533.07060.9894
H51.88992.34130.98943.07063.7634
H61.88992.34133.07060.98943.7634

picture of Carbonic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O3 H5 104.275 C1 O4 H6 104.275
O2 C1 O3 125.828 O2 C1 O4 125.828
O3 C1 O4 108.343
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.420      
2 O -0.300      
3 O -0.278      
4 O -0.278      
5 H 0.218      
6 H 0.218      


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 0.563 0.563
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.181 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -14.555 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.651
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.922 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.860 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.783
Polar
3z2-r2-17.565
x2-y2-4.626
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.347 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.488 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.963


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 61.634
(<r2>)1/2 7.851