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

using model chemistry: LSDA/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-262.222211
Energy at 298.15K-262.225835
HF Energy-262.222211
Nuclear repulsion energy121.395982
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 LSDA/3-21G
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 3463 3406 1.17      
2 A1 1793 1764 276.62      
3 A1 1228 1208 52.52      
4 A1 955 939 8.33      
5 A1 518 510 9.26      
6 A2 490 482 0.00      
7 B1 756 744 60.80      
8 B1 601 591 282.35      
9 B2 3457 3400 91.83      
10 B2 1503 1479 95.53      
11 B2 1044 1027 438.65      
12 B2 571 562 68.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8189.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9836) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8055.0 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 LSDA/3-21G
ABC
0.38394 0.37039 0.18852

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/3-21G

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 1.331
O3 0.000 1.094 -0.694
O4 0.000 -1.094 -0.694
H5 0.000 1.897 -0.095
H6 0.000 -1.897 -0.095

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.22511.35511.35511.90821.9082
O21.22512.30162.30162.37412.3741
O31.35512.30162.18711.00223.0503
O41.35512.30162.18713.05031.0022
H51.90822.37411.00223.05033.7950
H61.90822.37413.05031.00223.7950

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 107.146 C1 O4 H6 107.146
O2 C1 O3 126.194 O2 C1 O4 126.194
O3 C1 O4 107.612
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.686      
2 O -0.449      
3 O -0.505      
4 O -0.505      
5 H 0.386      
6 H 0.386      


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 0.302 0.302
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.563 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.754 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.675
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.848 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.365 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.516
Polar
3z2-r2-23.033
x2-y2-8.809
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.955 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.632 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.854


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 61.419
(<r2>)1/2 7.837