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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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)

Jump to S1C2
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at M06-2X/6-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at M06-2X/6-31G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-624.683396
Energy at 298.15K-624.686949
HF Energy-624.683396
Nuclear repulsion energy179.611306
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 M06-2X/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' 3599 3599 77.67      
2 A' 1190 1190 28.54      
3 A' 925 925 52.26      
4 A' 719 719 95.63      
5 A' 465 465 194.80      
6 A' 367 367 82.49      
7 A' 259 259 8.09      
8 A" 3595 3595 72.29      
9 A" 1137 1137 46.31      
10 A" 730 730 233.66      
11 A" 379 379 141.18      
12 A" 204 204 7.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6783.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6783.1 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 M06-2X/6-31G
ABC
0.24462 0.22189 0.14225

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.332 0.385 0.000
O2 -1.176 0.959 0.000
O3 0.332 -0.747 1.342
O4 0.332 -0.747 -1.342
H5 -0.600 -0.944 1.606
H6 -0.600 -0.944 -1.606

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.61311.75551.75552.28312.2831
O21.61312.64252.64252.55562.5556
O31.75552.64252.68330.98803.0975
O41.75552.64252.68333.09750.9880
H52.28312.55560.98803.09753.2119
H62.28312.55563.09750.98803.2119

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 109.445 S1 O4 H6 109.445
O2 S1 O3 103.259 O2 S1 O4 103.259
O3 S1 O4 99.683
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.246      
2 O -0.683      
3 O -0.695      
4 O -0.695      
5 H 0.414      
6 H 0.414      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.738 -0.819 0.000 1.103
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.518 7.468 0.000
y 7.468 -31.451 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.468
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.059 7.468 0.000
y 7.468 -0.458 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.517
Polar
3z2-r25.033
x2-y2-1.067
xy7.468
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.998 -0.720 0.000
y -0.720 3.822 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.764


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 89.152
(<r2>)1/2 9.442