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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-624.972333
Energy at 298.15K-624.976026
HF Energy-624.972333
Nuclear repulsion energy191.988424
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+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' 3773 3591 115.85      
2 A' 1240 1180 200.79      
3 A' 1103 1050 13.50      
4 A' 774 736 160.69      
5 A' 475 452 17.16      
6 A' 418 398 159.96      
7 A' 325 310 26.79      
8 A" 3769 3588 48.23      
9 A" 1068 1017 54.95      
10 A" 769 732 385.33      
11 A" 433 412 64.67      
12 A" 127 121 28.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7136.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6792.7 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.28067 0.25420 0.16006

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.298 0.341 0.000
O2 -1.035 0.968 0.000
O3 0.298 -0.710 1.266
O4 0.298 -0.710 -1.266
H5 -0.621 -0.925 1.498
H6 -0.621 -0.925 -1.498

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.47271.64531.64532.16632.1663
O21.47272.48842.48842.44912.4491
O31.64532.48842.53170.97202.9209
O41.64532.48842.53172.92090.9720
H52.16632.44910.97202.92092.9967
H62.16632.44912.92090.97202.9967

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 108.999 S1 O4 H6 108.999
O2 S1 O3 105.759 O2 S1 O4 105.759
O3 S1 O4 100.594
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.081      
2 O -0.682      
3 O -0.584      
4 O -0.584      
5 H 0.384      
6 H 0.384      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.881 -1.380 0.000 1.637
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.965 5.928 0.000
y 5.928 -30.838 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.822
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.135 5.928 0.000
y 5.928 -0.945 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.080
Polar
3z2-r24.159
x2-y2-0.127
xy5.928
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.528 -0.502 0.000
y -0.502 4.649 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.068


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.300
(<r2>)1/2 8.961