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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/3-21G

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 PBEPBE/3-21G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBE/3-21G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-621.319271
Energy at 298.15K-621.322581
HF Energy-621.319271
Nuclear repulsion energy176.922355
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 PBEPBE/3-21G
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' 3213 3183 3.80      
2 A' 1143 1133 19.28      
3 A' 959 951 29.48      
4 A' 604 598 56.72      
5 A' 457 453 130.12      
6 A' 304 301 65.50      
7 A' 205 203 7.44      
8 A" 3210 3181 11.13      
9 A" 1083 1073 59.98      
10 A" 638 632 185.61      
11 A" 420 417 68.43      
12 A" 180 178 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6208.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6151.9 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 PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
0.25135 0.20398 0.13667

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.334 0.378 0.000
O2 -1.172 0.932 0.000
O3 0.334 -0.729 1.419
O4 0.334 -0.729 -1.419
H5 -0.660 -0.916 1.577
H6 -0.660 -0.916 -1.577

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.60471.80001.80002.26872.2687
O21.60472.65352.65352.48202.4820
O31.80002.65352.83881.02363.1621
O41.80002.65352.83883.16211.0236
H52.26872.48201.02363.16213.1533
H62.26872.48203.16211.02363.1533

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 103.483 S1 O4 H6 103.483
O2 S1 O3 102.256 O2 S1 O4 102.256
O3 S1 O4 104.103
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.986      
2 O -0.562      
3 O -0.543      
4 O -0.543      
5 H 0.331      
6 H 0.331      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.105 -0.723 0.000 1.321
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.503 5.555 0.000
y 5.555 -30.043 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.791
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.586 5.555 0.000
y 5.555 0.104 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.482
Polar
3z2-r20.964
x2-y2-0.461
xy5.555
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.891 -0.458 0.000
y -0.458 3.541 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.866


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 90.855
(<r2>)1/2 9.532