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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.073174
Energy at 298.15K-265.076935
HF Energy-265.073174
Nuclear repulsion energy123.313261
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 B3LYP/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 3787 3660 7.04      
2 A1 1853 1791 519.22      
3 A1 1318 1274 28.66      
4 A1 980 947 15.10      
5 A1 550 531 6.19      
6 A2 542 524 0.00      
7 B1 805 778 79.26      
8 B1 622 601 240.38      
9 B2 3785 3658 124.82      
10 B2 1474 1424 104.25      
11 B2 1173 1134 506.32      
12 B2 606 586 53.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8748.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8453.5 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 B3LYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.40014 0.37613 0.19388

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.101
O2 0.000 0.000 1.305
O3 0.000 1.088 -0.679
O4 0.000 -1.088 -0.679
H5 0.000 1.854 -0.089
H6 0.000 -1.854 -0.089

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.20341.33941.33941.86331.8633
O21.20342.26302.26302.31932.3193
O31.33942.26302.17680.96613.0005
O41.33942.26302.17683.00050.9661
H51.86332.31930.96613.00053.7071
H61.86332.31933.00050.96613.7071

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 106.721 C1 O4 H6 106.721
O2 C1 O3 125.651 O2 C1 O4 125.651
O3 C1 O4 108.698
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.487      
2 O -0.363      
3 O -0.471      
4 O -0.471      
5 H 0.409      
6 H 0.409      


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 0.054 0.054
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.958 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.763 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.914
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.619 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.673 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.054
Polar
3z2-r2-22.109
x2-y2-8.195
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.650 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.712 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.302


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.360
(<r2>)1/2 7.769