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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/STO-3G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-617.021487
Energy at 298.15K-617.024809
HF Energy-617.021487
Nuclear repulsion energy179.762305
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 PBE1PBE/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 A' 3667 3235 49.82      
2 A' 1355 1196 8.09      
3 A' 1035 913 18.73      
4 A' 749 660 25.51      
5 A' 456 402 62.67      
6 A' 323 285 17.69      
7 A' 239 211 4.45      
8 A" 3663 3231 0.81      
9 A" 1319 1164 16.74      
10 A" 720 635 79.55      
11 A" 436 385 43.08      
12 A" 215 189 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7089.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8821) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6253.2 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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
ABC
0.24710 0.21862 0.14920

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.346 0.450 0.000
O2 -1.214 0.803 0.000
O3 0.346 -0.750 1.331
O4 0.346 -0.750 -1.331
H5 -0.679 -0.811 1.452
H6 -0.679 -0.811 -1.452

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.59991.79211.79212.17922.1792
O21.59992.57252.57252.23602.2360
O31.79212.57252.66241.03382.9664
O41.79212.57252.66242.96641.0338
H52.17922.23601.03382.96642.9036
H62.17922.23602.96641.03382.9036

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 97.262 S1 O4 H6 97.262
O2 S1 O3 98.490 O2 S1 O4 98.490
O3 S1 O4 95.940
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.626      
2 O -0.372      
3 O -0.283      
4 O -0.283      
5 H 0.156      
6 H 0.156      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.224 0.163 0.000 0.277
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.210 3.853 0.000
y 3.853 -26.777 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.506
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.569 3.853 0.000
y 3.853 0.081 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.488
Polar
3z2-r20.975
x2-y2-0.433
xy3.853
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.494 -0.424 0.000
y -0.424 2.072 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.126


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 84.588
(<r2>)1/2 9.197