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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.912423
Energy at 298.15K-264.916177
HF Energy-264.912423
Nuclear repulsion energy123.640166
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 B1B95/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3811 3617 18.46      
2 A1 1912 1815 495.28      
3 A1 1316 1249 40.03      
4 A1 1014 962 10.66      
5 A1 548 520 6.79      
6 A2 544 517 0.00      
7 B1 804 763 76.43      
8 B1 622 590 227.34      
9 B2 3808 3615 166.55      
10 B2 1523 1446 168.08      
11 B2 1191 1131 425.09      
12 B2 604 573 59.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8847.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9493) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8398.9 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 B1B95/6-31G*
ABC
0.40146 0.37946 0.19508

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.097
O2 0.000 0.000 1.303
O3 0.000 1.084 -0.679
O4 0.000 -1.084 -0.679
H5 0.000 1.840 -0.074
H6 0.000 -1.840 -0.074

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.20551.33311.33311.84781.8478
O21.20552.25842.25842.29782.2978
O31.33312.25842.16840.96792.9859
O41.33312.25842.16842.98590.9679
H51.84782.29780.96792.98593.6798
H61.84782.29782.98590.96793.6798

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 105.755 C1 O4 H6 105.755
O2 C1 O3 125.581 O2 C1 O4 125.581
O3 C1 O4 108.838
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.711      
2 O -0.478      
3 O -0.558      
4 O -0.558      
5 H 0.441      
6 H 0.441      


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 -0.060 0.060
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.624 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.576 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.125
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.773 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.298 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.526
Polar
3z2-r2-21.051
x2-y2-8.047
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.549 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.524 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.199


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 59.769
(<r2>)1/2 7.731