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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.034468
Energy at 298.15K-265.038131
HF Energy-265.034468
Nuclear repulsion energy121.813965
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/6-311G*
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 3632 3623 3.05      
2 A1 1771 1766 449.91      
3 A1 1281 1278 21.64      
4 A1 923 921 15.99      
5 A1 527 526 5.60      
6 A2 520 518 0.00      
7 B1 759 758 64.12      
8 B1 609 608 221.80      
9 B2 3629 3620 88.16      
10 B2 1412 1408 54.86      
11 B2 1108 1105 511.75      
12 B2 579 577 43.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8374.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8353.8 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.38848 0.36870 0.18917

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.107
O2 0.000 0.000 1.323
O3 0.000 1.100 -0.691
O4 0.000 -1.100 -0.691
H5 0.000 1.868 -0.087
H6 0.000 -1.868 -0.087

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.21531.35871.35871.87831.8783
O21.21532.29412.29412.34042.3404
O31.35872.29412.19940.97723.0286
O41.35872.29412.19943.02860.9772
H51.87832.34040.97723.02863.7364
H61.87832.34043.02860.97723.7364

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 105.887 C1 O4 H6 105.887
O2 C1 O3 125.967 O2 C1 O4 125.967
O3 C1 O4 108.066
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.422      
2 O -0.326      
3 O -0.439      
4 O -0.439      
5 H 0.390      
6 H 0.390      


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 0.084 0.084
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.124 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -14.005 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.808
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.717 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.460 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.743
Polar
3z2-r2-21.487
x2-y2-8.118
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.699 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.057 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.474


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 61.561
(<r2>)1/2 7.846