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All results from a given calculation for H2SO3 (Sulfurous acid)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at HF/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/6-311G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-623.277143
Energy at 298.15K-623.281321
HF Energy-623.277143
Nuclear repulsion energy197.349586
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/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' 4064 3692 205.74      
2 A' 1343 1220 238.35      
3 A' 1208 1097 26.06      
4 A' 905 823 196.81      
5 A' 550 500 46.86      
6 A' 497 452 166.81      
7 A' 376 341 54.55      
8 A" 4059 3688 62.86      
9 A" 1186 1077 84.40      
10 A" 895 813 400.68      
11 A" 498 453 97.92      
12 A" 210 190 39.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7894.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7172.4 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.29538 0.26971 0.17019

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.292 0.338 0.000
O2 -1.020 0.930 0.000
O3 0.292 -0.687 1.224
O4 0.292 -0.687 -1.224
H5 -0.593 -0.931 1.466
H6 -0.593 -0.931 -1.466

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.43921.59631.59632.13142.1314
O21.43922.41522.41522.40722.4072
O31.59632.41522.44750.94932.8423
O41.59632.41522.44752.84230.9493
H52.13142.40720.94932.84232.9326
H62.13142.40722.84230.94932.9326

picture of Sulfurous acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
S1 O3 H5 111.146 S1 O4 H6 111.146
O2 S1 O3 105.312 O2 S1 O4 105.312
O3 S1 O4 100.101
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.235      
2 O -0.710      
3 O -0.566      
4 O -0.566      
5 H 0.303      
6 H 0.303      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.623 -1.667 0.000 1.780
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.193 6.488 0.000
y 6.488 -30.442 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.372
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.786 6.488 0.000
y 6.488 -0.660 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.446
Polar
3z2-r24.892
x2-y2-0.751
xy6.488
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.440 -0.247 0.000
y -0.247 3.374 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.744


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.784
(<r2>)1/2 8.763