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

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at BLYP/3-21G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at BLYP/3-21G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-621.683168
Energy at 298.15K-621.686400
HF Energy-621.683168
Nuclear repulsion energy175.291437
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 BLYP/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 A' 3164 3147 1.90      
2 A' 1133 1127 16.87      
3 A' 931 926 28.86      
4 A' 572 569 51.48      
5 A' 445 443 123.07      
6 A' 296 294 59.54      
7 A' 201 200 5.90      
8 A" 3162 3144 6.94      
9 A" 1078 1072 56.86      
10 A" 604 601 174.89      
11 A" 411 408 59.36      
12 A" 182 181 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6089.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6055.6 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 BLYP/3-21G
ABC
0.24736 0.19941 0.13387

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.336 0.382 0.000
O2 -1.177 0.941 0.000
O3 0.336 -0.737 1.437
O4 0.336 -0.737 -1.437
H5 -0.662 -0.922 1.591
H6 -0.662 -0.922 -1.591

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.61301.82171.82172.28612.2861
O21.61302.67792.67792.50302.5030
O31.82172.67792.87391.02643.1931
O41.82172.67792.87393.19311.0264
H52.28612.50301.02643.19313.1812
H62.28612.50303.19311.02643.1812

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 103.205 S1 O4 H6 103.205
O2 S1 O3 102.291 O2 S1 O4 102.291
O3 S1 O4 104.145
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.960      
2 O -0.547      
3 O -0.522      
4 O -0.522      
5 H 0.315      
6 H 0.315      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.037 -0.628 0.000 1.212
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.401 5.460 0.000
y 5.460 -29.998 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.865
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.470 5.460 0.000
y 5.460 0.135 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.335
Polar
3z2-r20.670
x2-y2-0.403
xy5.460
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.933 -0.462 0.000
y -0.462 3.608 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.017


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 92.286
(<r2>)1/2 9.607