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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP/6-31G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-624.652632
Energy at 298.15K-624.656367
HF Energy-624.422173
Nuclear repulsion energy190.790766
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 B2PLYP/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' 3647 3462 90.97      
2 A' 1258 1194 141.15      
3 A' 1132 1075 24.20      
4 A' 762 724 154.38      
5 A' 470 447 33.59      
6 A' 441 419 143.03      
7 A' 308 292 19.04      
8 A" 3645 3460 32.98      
9 A" 1121 1064 70.99      
10 A" 761 723 335.91      
11 A" 433 411 66.80      
12 A" 162 154 23.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7071.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6711.7 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.27758 0.25043 0.15821

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.300 0.346 0.000
O2 -1.040 0.969 0.000
O3 0.300 -0.715 1.277
O4 0.300 -0.715 -1.277
H5 -0.635 -0.926 1.481
H6 -0.635 -0.926 -1.481

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.47781.66001.66002.16452.1645
O21.47782.50222.50222.43882.4388
O31.66002.50222.55350.98002.9195
O41.66002.50222.55352.91950.9800
H52.16452.43880.98002.91952.9617
H62.16452.43882.91950.98002.9617

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 107.330 S1 O4 H6 107.330
O2 S1 O3 105.629 O2 S1 O4 105.629
O3 S1 O4 100.553
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.076      
2 O -0.589      
3 O -0.666      
4 O -0.666      
5 H 0.422      
6 H 0.422      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.065 -1.271 0.000 1.658
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.139 5.687 0.000
y 5.687 -30.199 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.649
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.715 5.687 0.000
y 5.687 -0.805 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.520
Polar
3z2-r23.040
x2-y20.060
xy5.687
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.795 -0.340 0.000
y -0.340 3.791 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.277


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.652
(<r2>)1/2 8.981