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All results from a given calculation for H2SO3 (Sulfurous 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 2 yes CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3PW91/6-31+G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-624.892168
Energy at 298.15K-624.895810
HF Energy-624.892168
Nuclear repulsion energy191.150927
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 A' 3741 3591 105.87      
2 A' 1227 1178 193.39      
3 A' 1092 1049 14.37      
4 A' 754 724 159.07      
5 A' 467 449 16.73      
6 A' 411 395 158.07      
7 A' 319 307 23.70      
8 A" 3737 3588 45.21      
9 A" 1059 1016 52.80      
10 A" 749 719 382.83      
11 A" 426 409 60.16      
12 A" 123 118 28.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7052.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6771.4 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.27850 0.25162 0.15843

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.298 0.342 0.000
O2 -1.036 0.974 0.000
O3 0.298 -0.713 1.273
O4 0.298 -0.713 -1.273
H5 -0.624 -0.929 1.504
H6 -0.624 -0.929 -1.504

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.47641.65411.65412.17412.1741
O21.47642.50012.50012.46052.4605
O31.65412.50012.54690.97432.9341
O41.65412.50012.54692.93410.9743
H52.17412.46050.97432.93413.0076
H62.17412.46052.93410.97433.0076

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 108.856 S1 O4 H6 108.856
O2 S1 O3 105.859 O2 S1 O4 105.859
O3 S1 O4 100.688
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 S 1.071      
2 O -0.672      
3 O -0.578      
4 O -0.578      
5 H 0.379      
6 H 0.379      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.904 -1.348 0.000 1.623
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.898 5.924 0.000
y 5.924 -30.839 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.895
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.031 5.924 0.000
y 5.924 -0.943 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.974
Polar
3z2-r23.948
x2-y2-0.059
xy5.924
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.566 -0.518 0.000
y -0.518 4.718 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.157


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.886
(<r2>)1/2 8.994