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All results from a given calculation for SO2 (Sulfur dioxide)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-548.588305
Energy at 298.15K-548.589236
HF Energy-548.588305
Nuclear repulsion energy108.093282
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
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 1207 1153 28.34 21.63 0.17 0.29
2 A1 527 503 28.86 2.37 0.67 0.80
3 B2 1420 1356 173.38 7.42 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1577.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9547) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1505.8 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.99335 0.34435 0.29363

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.364
O2 0.000 1.237 -0.364
O3 0.000 -1.237 -0.364

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3
S11.43501.4350
O21.43502.4741
O31.43502.4741

picture of Sulfur dioxide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 S1 O3 119.099
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.365      
2 O -0.182      
3 O -0.182      


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 1.544 1.544
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.435 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -25.830 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.095
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.528 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -4.565 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.037
Polar
3z2-r22.075
x2-y25.395
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.308 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.160 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.673


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 42.948
(<r2>)1/2 6.553