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

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

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-624.630939
Energy at 298.15K-624.634366
HF Energy-624.630939
Nuclear repulsion energy187.818881
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 PBEPBE/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' 3596 3555 73.60      
2 A' 1173 1159 163.50      
3 A' 1047 1035 16.00      
4 A' 685 678 138.07      
5 A' 433 428 19.52      
6 A' 386 382 145.65      
7 A' 293 289 11.22      
8 A" 3593 3552 36.74      
9 A" 1014 1003 44.51      
10 A" 680 673 360.10      
11 A" 399 394 46.21      
12 A" 108 107 24.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6702.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6626.5 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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
ABC
0.27007 0.24154 0.15212

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.300 0.345 0.000
O2 -1.042 1.000 0.000
O3 0.300 -0.728 1.304
O4 0.300 -0.728 -1.304
H5 -0.638 -0.936 1.523
H6 -0.638 -0.936 -1.523

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.49421.68861.68862.19982.1998
O21.49422.54762.54762.49652.4965
O31.68862.54762.60870.98542.9859
O41.68862.54762.60872.98590.9854
H52.19982.49650.98542.98593.0454
H62.19982.49652.98590.98543.0454

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 107.789 S1 O4 H6 107.789
O2 S1 O3 106.183 O2 S1 O4 106.183
O3 S1 O4 101.148
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.947      
2 O -0.606      
3 O -0.535      
4 O -0.535      
5 H 0.365      
6 H 0.365      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.014 -1.185 0.000 1.559
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.981 5.758 0.000
y 5.758 -31.240 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.529
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.596 5.758 0.000
y 5.758 -0.985 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.581
Polar
3z2-r23.163
x2-y20.259
xy5.758
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.915 -0.590 0.000
y -0.590 5.201 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.747


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 83.484
(<r2>)1/2 9.137