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

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/3-21G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-620.123247
Energy at 298.15K-620.127478
HF Energy-620.123247
Nuclear repulsion energy196.120018
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/3-21G*
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' 3786 3417 121.60      
2 A' 1350 1218 234.98      
3 A' 1198 1081 4.63      
4 A' 935 844 211.49      
5 A' 546 493 82.49      
6 A' 532 481 195.25      
7 A' 363 328 58.10      
8 A" 3782 3414 45.42      
9 A" 1154 1042 57.12      
10 A" 935 843 440.08      
11 A" 517 467 151.41      
12 A" 233 210 34.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7665.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6918.5 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.29219 0.26633 0.16908

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.295 0.345 0.000
O2 -1.032 0.926 0.000
O3 0.295 -0.684 1.226
O4 0.295 -0.684 -1.226
H5 -0.586 -0.998 1.505
H6 -0.586 -0.998 -1.505

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.44771.60081.60082.20072.2007
O21.44772.41942.41942.48292.4829
O31.60082.41942.45210.97512.8862
O41.60082.41942.45212.88620.9751
H52.20072.48290.97512.88623.0093
H62.20072.48292.88620.97513.0093

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 115.213 S1 O4 H6 115.213
O2 S1 O3 104.942 O2 S1 O4 104.942
O3 S1 O4 99.979
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.316      
2 O -0.677      
3 O -0.730      
4 O -0.730      
5 H 0.411      
6 H 0.411      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.993 -1.775 0.000 2.034
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.874 6.895 0.000
y 6.895 -29.207 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.712
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.414 6.895 0.000
y 6.895 0.086 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.328
Polar
3z2-r24.657
x2-y2-1.667
xy6.895
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.818 -0.139 0.000
y -0.139 2.721 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.126


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.075
(<r2>)1/2 8.779