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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-263.731545
Energy at 298.15K-263.735478
HF Energy-263.731545
Nuclear repulsion energy125.690844
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/6-311G**
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 3773 36.41      
2 A1 2022 1837 715.17      
3 A1 1422 1292 33.42      
4 A1 1086 987 15.03      
5 A1 606 550 6.34      
6 A2 575 522 0.00      
7 B1 909 826 111.54      
8 B1 630 573 254.10      
9 B2 4150 3770 255.87      
10 B2 1612 1464 226.53      
11 B2 1309 1189 465.61      
12 B2 671 609 68.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9571.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8695.8 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.41951 0.38694 0.20128

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**

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 1.276
O3 0.000 1.073 -0.662
O4 0.000 -1.073 -0.662
H5 0.000 1.829 -0.096
H6 0.000 -1.829 -0.096

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.18161.31271.31271.83901.8390
O21.18162.21512.21512.28682.2868
O31.31272.21512.14580.94412.9565
O41.31272.21512.14582.95650.9441
H51.83902.28680.94412.95653.6581
H61.83902.28682.95650.94413.6581

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 108.032 C1 O4 H6 108.032
O2 C1 O3 125.183 O2 C1 O4 125.183
O3 C1 O4 109.634
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.670      
2 O -0.485      
3 O -0.375      
4 O -0.375      
5 H 0.282      
6 H 0.282      


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 -0.226 0.226
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.600 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.797 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.123
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.140 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.565 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.425
Polar
3z2-r2-22.850
x2-y2-7.804
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.611 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.085 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.976


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.649
(<r2>)1/2 7.658