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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-54.705297
Energy at 298.15K-54.708828
HF Energy-54.705297
Nuclear repulsion energy66.722893
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/CEP-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 A1 3704 3587 0.22      
2 A1 1664 1611 440.70      
3 A1 1232 1193 33.04      
4 A1 918 889 14.72      
5 A1 509 493 8.82      
6 A2 474 459 0.00      
7 B1 710 688 59.60      
8 B1 566 548 354.47      
9 B2 3701 3584 136.71      
10 B2 1432 1386 95.25      
11 B2 1057 1024 501.79      
12 B2 553 536 56.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8260.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9684) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7999.2 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/CEP-31G
ABC
0.37210 0.35371 0.18133

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.106
O2 0.000 0.000 1.357
O3 0.000 1.120 -0.700
O4 0.000 -1.120 -0.700
H5 0.000 1.934 -0.144
H6 0.000 -1.934 -0.144

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.25091.37991.37991.94981.9498
O21.25092.34212.34212.44762.4476
O31.37992.34212.23990.98593.1040
O41.37992.34212.23993.10400.9859
H51.94982.44760.98593.10403.8675
H61.94982.44763.10400.98593.8675

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 109.892 C1 O4 H6 109.892
O2 C1 O3 125.745 O2 C1 O4 125.745
O3 C1 O4 108.511
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.092      
2 O -0.121      
3 O -0.277      
4 O -0.277      
5 H 0.384      
6 H 0.384      


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 0.200 0.200
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.552 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.994 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.511
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.299 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.038 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.738
Polar
3z2-r2-27.477
x2-y2-9.558
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.561 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.894 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.601


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 53.505
(<r2>)1/2 7.315