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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-263.697805
Energy at 298.15K-263.701503
HF Energy-263.697805
Nuclear repulsion energy123.362874
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 LSDA/6-31G**
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 3721 3652 18.40      
2 A1 1867 1832 416.03      
3 A1 1242 1219 44.50      
4 A1 1000 981 6.72      
5 A1 530 520 7.83      
6 A2 532 522 0.00      
7 B1 777 763 65.19      
8 B1 611 600 213.17      
9 B2 3717 3647 159.07      
10 B2 1495 1467 172.06      
11 B2 1127 1106 383.99      
12 B2 581 570 64.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8600.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8439.2 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
0.39884 0.37952 0.19447

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.094
O2 0.000 0.000 1.307
O3 0.000 1.084 -0.681
O4 0.000 -1.084 -0.681
H5 0.000 1.838 -0.057
H6 0.000 -1.838 -0.057

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.21281.33291.33291.84381.8438
O21.21282.26442.26442.28812.2881
O31.33292.26442.16860.97852.9879
O41.33292.26442.16862.98790.9785
H51.84382.28810.97852.98793.6752
H61.84382.28812.98790.97853.6752

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 104.780 C1 O4 H6 104.780
O2 C1 O3 125.558 O2 C1 O4 125.558
O3 C1 O4 108.884
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.563      
2 O -0.419      
3 O -0.429      
4 O -0.429      
5 H 0.357      
6 H 0.357      


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 -0.083 0.083
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.764 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.619 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.970
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.970 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.248 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.278
Polar
3z2-r2-20.556
x2-y2-8.145
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.595 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.806 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.301


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 59.898
(<r2>)1/2 7.739