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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.919713
Energy at 298.15K-264.923447
HF Energy-264.919713
Nuclear repulsion energy123.211506
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
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 3842 3688 15.79      
2 A1 1852 1778 581.09      
3 A1 1286 1234 33.81      
4 A1 998 958 15.29      
5 A1 546 524 6.94      
6 A2 533 511 0.00      
7 B1 796 764 60.59      
8 B1 605 581 238.24      
9 B2 3839 3686 199.96      
10 B2 1480 1421 184.98      
11 B2 1168 1121 423.65      
12 B2 599 575 53.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8771.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8421.1 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.39857 0.37661 0.19364

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.097
O2 0.000 0.000 1.308
O3 0.000 1.088 -0.680
O4 0.000 -1.088 -0.680
H5 0.000 1.851 -0.086
H6 0.000 -1.851 -0.086

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.21101.33691.33691.86021.8602
O21.21102.26642.26642.31732.3173
O31.33692.26642.17560.96762.9985
O41.33692.26642.17562.99850.9676
H51.86022.31730.96762.99853.7025
H61.86022.31732.99850.96763.7025

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 106.549 C1 O4 H6 106.549
O2 C1 O3 125.547 O2 C1 O4 125.547
O3 C1 O4 108.906
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.631      
2 O -0.483      
3 O -0.457      
4 O -0.457      
5 H 0.383      
6 H 0.383      


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 -0.163 0.163
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.408 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -14.027 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.345
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.722 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.849 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.127
Polar
3z2-r2-22.254
x2-y2-8.381
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.314 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.038 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.098


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.644
(<r2>)1/2 7.787