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

using model chemistry: B1B95/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-261.297640
Energy at 298.15K-261.300886
HF Energy-261.297640
Nuclear repulsion energy118.035392
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 B1B95/STO-3G
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 3802 3358 20.60      
2 A1 1958 1729 108.45      
3 A1 1438 1270 7.68      
4 A1 961 849 2.39      
5 A1 454 401 2.47      
6 A2 491 434 0.00      
7 B1 638 564 19.02      
8 B1 570 503 152.59      
9 B2 3796 3352 0.01      
10 B2 1573 1389 39.93      
11 B2 1195 1055 285.59      
12 B2 506 447 33.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8691.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.883) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7674.5 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 B1B95/STO-3G
ABC
0.35907 0.35237 0.17784

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.123
O2 0.000 0.000 1.369
O3 0.000 1.127 -0.725
O4 0.000 -1.127 -0.725
H5 0.000 1.890 -0.048
H6 0.000 -1.890 -0.048

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.24551.41041.41041.89801.8980
O21.24552.37752.37752.36212.3621
O31.41042.37752.25421.02013.0924
O41.41042.37752.25423.09241.0201
H51.89802.36211.02013.09243.7806
H61.89802.36213.09241.02013.7806

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 101.477 C1 O4 H6 101.477
O2 C1 O3 126.952 O2 C1 O4 126.952
O3 C1 O4 106.096
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.274      
2 O -0.252      
3 O -0.226      
4 O -0.226      
5 H 0.215      
6 H 0.215      


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 0.426 0.426
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.372 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -14.086 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.893
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.118 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.046 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.164
Polar
3z2-r2-16.329
x2-y2-5.286
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.388 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.913 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.143


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.105
(<r2>)1/2 7.944