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

using model chemistry: SVWN/6-31G*

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 SVWN/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at SVWN/6-31G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at SVWN/6-31G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at SVWN/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-622.879204
Energy at 298.15K-622.882895
HF Energy-622.879204
Nuclear repulsion energy191.557223
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 SVWN/6-31G*
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' 3531 3464 79.35      
2 A' 1231 1208 145.78      
3 A' 1086 1066 6.11      
4 A' 764 749 129.79      
5 A' 470 461 77.96      
6 A' 426 418 97.97      
7 A' 291 286 15.66      
8 A" 3528 3461 25.52      
9 A" 1045 1025 66.52      
10 A" 774 759 332.18      
11 A" 432 424 76.87      
12 A" 165 162 13.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6871.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6741.0 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 SVWN/6-31G*
ABC
0.28242 0.25083 0.16009

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at SVWN/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.302 0.342 0.000
O2 -1.048 0.946 0.000
O3 0.302 -0.703 1.275
O4 0.302 -0.703 -1.275
H5 -0.648 -0.896 1.476
H6 -0.648 -0.896 -1.476

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.47871.64911.64912.14872.1487
O21.47872.48362.48362.39452.3945
O31.64912.48362.55030.99012.9174
O41.64912.48362.55032.91740.9901
H52.14872.39450.99012.91742.9529
H62.14872.39452.91740.99012.9529

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 106.308 S1 O4 H6 106.308
O2 S1 O3 105.001 O2 S1 O4 105.001
O3 S1 O4 101.291
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.890      
2 O -0.525      
3 O -0.600      
4 O -0.600      
5 H 0.418      
6 H 0.418      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.197 -1.348 0.000 1.803
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.944 5.348 0.000
y 5.348 -29.985 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.219
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.842 5.348 0.000
y 5.348 -0.904 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.746
Polar
3z2-r23.492
x2-y20.041
xy5.348
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.917 -0.260 0.000
y -0.260 3.855 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.431


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.827
(<r2>)1/2 8.935