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All results from a given calculation for H2SO4 (Sulfuric acid)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-700.164570
Energy at 298.15K-700.169176
Nuclear repulsion energy278.893095
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 BLYP/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 A 3605 3577 29.31      
2 A 1122 1113 18.16      
3 A 1107 1098 191.64      
4 A 700 694 102.37      
5 A 471 468 26.11      
6 A 382 379 23.10      
7 A 315 312 6.27      
8 A 215 213 93.36      
9 B 3602 3574 118.40      
10 B 1364 1354 214.39      
11 B 1125 1117 84.90      
12 B 768 762 296.71      
13 B 469 465 10.31      
14 B 433 430 46.18      
15 B 277 275 53.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7976.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7915.4 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.15739 0.15443 0.14830

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

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.172
O2 0.000 1.302 0.849
O3 0.000 -1.302 0.849
O4 1.291 -0.054 -0.880
O5 -1.291 0.054 -0.880
H6 -1.487 -0.880 -1.125
H7 1.487 0.880 -1.125

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6 H7
S11.46791.46791.66631.66632.16012.1601
O21.46792.60452.54872.49343.29672.5073
O31.46792.60452.49342.54872.50733.2967
O41.66632.54872.49342.58422.90830.9843
O51.66632.49342.54872.58420.98432.9083
H62.16013.29672.50732.90830.98433.4550
H72.16012.50733.29670.98432.90833.4550

picture of Sulfuric acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
S1 O4 H7 106.301 S1 O5 H6 106.301
O2 S1 O3 125.041 O2 S1 O4 108.655
O2 S1 O5 105.239 O3 S1 O4 105.239
O3 S1 O5 108.655 O4 S1 O5 101.689
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.180      
2 O -0.438      
3 O -0.438      
4 O -0.493      
5 O -0.493      
6 H 0.340      
7 H 0.340      


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 -2.792 2.792
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.186 5.478 0.000
y 5.478 -36.120 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.515
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.132 5.478 0.000
y 5.478 -2.770 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.362
Polar
3z2-r2-0.724
x2-y23.935
xy5.478
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 108.160
(<r2>)1/2 10.400