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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-263.683784
Energy at 298.15K-263.687717
HF Energy-263.683784
Nuclear repulsion energy125.669428
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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 4153 3761 29.93      
2 A1 2022 1831 638.50      
3 A1 1416 1282 42.70      
4 A1 1086 983 10.61      
5 A1 602 545 8.09      
6 A2 584 529 0.00      
7 B1 920 833 97.97      
8 B1 637 576 230.33      
9 B2 4151 3758 241.82      
10 B2 1621 1468 198.51      
11 B2 1300 1177 425.84      
12 B2 666 603 65.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9577.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8672.1 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.41857 0.38752 0.20122

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.095
O2 0.000 0.000 1.277
O3 0.000 1.072 -0.663
O4 0.000 -1.072 -0.663
H5 0.000 1.827 -0.096
H6 0.000 -1.827 -0.096

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.18201.31301.31301.83711.8371
O21.18202.21662.21662.28562.2856
O31.31302.21662.14430.94422.9542
O41.31302.21662.14432.95420.9442
H51.83712.28560.94422.95423.6543
H61.83712.28562.95420.94423.6543

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 107.837 C1 O4 H6 107.837
O2 C1 O3 125.261 O2 C1 O4 125.261
O3 C1 O4 109.479
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.728      
2 O -0.501      
3 O -0.475      
4 O -0.475      
5 H 0.362      
6 H 0.362      


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 -0.331 0.331
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.477 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.652 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.317
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.493 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.245 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.752
Polar
3z2-r2-21.504
x2-y2-7.825
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.912 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.312 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.097


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.431
(<r2>)1/2 7.644