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

using model chemistry: HF/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 HF/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-53.772083
Energy at 298.15K-53.775969
HF Energy-53.772083
Nuclear repulsion energy69.537755
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 HF/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 4142 3719 41.45      
2 A1 2011 1806 800.55      
3 A1 1427 1282 30.91      
4 A1 1078 968 14.62      
5 A1 591 531 6.75      
6 A2 572 514 0.00      
7 B1 886 796 110.38      
8 B1 631 567 281.11      
9 B2 4139 3717 235.87      
10 B2 1607 1444 223.68      
11 B2 1320 1185 484.97      
12 B2 654 587 70.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9528.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8557.0 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 HF/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.40982 0.37951 0.19704

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.092
O2 0.000 0.000 1.292
O3 0.000 1.084 -0.669
O4 0.000 -1.084 -0.669
H5 0.000 1.839 -0.087
H6 0.000 -1.839 -0.087

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.19991.32471.32471.84781.8478
O21.19992.24082.24082.29862.2986
O31.32472.24082.16840.95332.9807
O41.32472.24082.16842.98070.9533
H51.84782.29860.95332.98073.6782
H61.84782.29862.98070.95333.6782

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 107.292 C1 O4 H6 107.292
O2 C1 O3 125.071 O2 C1 O4 125.071
O3 C1 O4 109.858
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.152      
2 O -0.272      
3 O -0.410      
4 O -0.410      
5 H 0.470      
6 H 0.470      


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 -0.193 0.193
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.042 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.614 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.730
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.370 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.273 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.903
Polar
3z2-r2-23.805
x2-y2-8.428
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.752 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.112 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.078


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 49.919
(<r2>)1/2 7.065