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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-624.747774
Energy at 298.15K-624.751570
HF Energy-624.747774
Nuclear repulsion energy192.574285
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 HSEh1PBE/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 A' 3758 3610 112.88      
2 A' 1245 1195 172.98      
3 A' 1105 1061 11.65      
4 A' 766 736 160.09      
5 A' 479 460 21.34      
6 A' 439 422 160.66      
7 A' 321 309 25.31      
8 A" 3756 3607 34.11      
9 A" 1067 1025 58.13      
10 A" 760 729 364.38      
11 A" 439 422 69.46      
12 A" 172 165 25.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7152.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9604) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6869.7 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
0.28251 0.25534 0.16122

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.297 0.343 0.000
O2 -1.031 0.961 0.000
O3 0.297 -0.707 1.264
O4 0.297 -0.707 -1.264
H5 -0.623 -0.932 1.474
H6 -0.623 -0.932 -1.474

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.46481.64341.64342.15492.1549
O21.46482.47882.47882.43392.4339
O31.64342.47882.52730.96942.8962
O41.64342.47882.52732.89620.9694
H52.15492.43390.96942.89622.9471
H62.15492.43392.89620.96942.9471

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 108.355 S1 O4 H6 108.355
O2 S1 O3 105.641 O2 S1 O4 105.641
O3 S1 O4 100.515
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.955      
2 O -0.560      
3 O -0.478      
4 O -0.478      
5 H 0.281      
6 H 0.281      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.959 -1.399 0.000 1.696
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.562 5.971 0.000
y 5.971 -30.433 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.863
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.913 5.971 0.000
y 5.971 -0.720 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.634
Polar
3z2-r23.268
x2-y2-0.129
xy5.971
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.891 -0.291 0.000
y -0.291 3.919 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.373


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.722
(<r2>)1/2 8.929