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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at LSDA/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at LSDA/6-311G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-311G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-622.974419
Energy at 298.15K-622.978078
HF Energy-622.974419
Nuclear repulsion energy191.740489
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 LSDA/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 A' 3547 3489 62.31      
2 A' 1213 1193 168.71      
3 A' 1069 1051 3.40      
4 A' 736 724 149.35      
5 A' 471 464 79.91      
6 A' 426 419 126.63      
7 A' 301 296 16.15      
8 A" 3545 3487 25.60      
9 A" 1018 1001 55.08      
10 A" 739 727 392.60      
11 A" 430 423 81.65      
12 A" 147 144 22.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6820.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9837) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6709.5 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 LSDA/6-311G*
ABC
0.28275 0.25131 0.16005

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.299 0.343 0.000
O2 -1.040 0.954 0.000
O3 0.299 -0.703 1.273
O4 0.299 -0.703 -1.273
H5 -0.628 -0.937 1.508
H6 -0.628 -0.937 -1.508

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.47201.64681.64682.18422.1842
O21.47202.48122.48122.45332.4533
O31.64682.48122.54520.98472.9407
O41.64682.48122.54522.94070.9847
H52.18422.45330.98472.94073.0166
H62.18422.45332.94070.98473.0166

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 109.623 S1 O4 H6 109.623
O2 S1 O3 105.282 O2 S1 O4 105.282
O3 S1 O4 101.206
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.891      
2 O -0.514      
3 O -0.605      
4 O -0.605      
5 H 0.417      
6 H 0.417      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.326 -1.423 0.000 1.945
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.806 6.080 0.000
y 6.080 -30.551 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.905
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.077 6.080 0.000
y 6.080 -0.696 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.773
Polar
3z2-r23.546
x2-y2-0.254
xy6.080
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.024 -0.238 0.000
y -0.238 4.054 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.619


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.367
(<r2>)1/2 8.965