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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.986874
Energy at 298.15K-264.990663
HF Energy-264.986874
Nuclear repulsion energy124.075277
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 B1B95/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3847 3688 9.44      
2 A1 1897 1819 544.24      
3 A1 1321 1266 32.58      
4 A1 1008 966 13.51      
5 A1 553 530 6.28      
6 A2 551 529 0.00      
7 B1 820 786 83.49      
8 B1 630 604 244.91      
9 B2 3845 3686 140.53      
10 B2 1500 1438 152.59      
11 B2 1194 1145 474.48      
12 B2 612 586 59.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8888.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8520.6 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
0.40517 0.38096 0.19635

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.098
O2 0.000 0.000 1.297
O3 0.000 1.081 -0.675
O4 0.000 -1.081 -0.675
H5 0.000 1.841 -0.085
H6 0.000 -1.841 -0.085

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.19881.32941.32941.85041.8504
O21.19882.24902.24902.30242.3024
O31.32942.24902.16300.96162.9816
O41.32942.24902.16302.98160.9616
H51.85042.30240.96162.98163.6825
H61.85042.30242.98160.96163.6825

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 106.633 C1 O4 H6 106.633
O2 C1 O3 125.559 O2 C1 O4 125.559
O3 C1 O4 108.881
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.503      
2 O -0.376      
3 O -0.482      
4 O -0.482      
5 H 0.419      
6 H 0.419      


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 0.049 0.049
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.816 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.581 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.739
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.656 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.696 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.040
Polar
3z2-r2-22.080
x2-y2-8.235
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.637 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.585 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.259


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 59.665
(<r2>)1/2 7.724