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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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)

Jump to S1C2
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP/6-311G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-624.751158
Energy at 298.15K-624.754891
HF Energy-624.504674
Nuclear repulsion energy191.432443
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 B2PLYP/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' 3699 3699 67.47      
2 A' 1242 1242 159.38      
3 A' 1122 1122 23.16      
4 A' 743 743 174.83      
5 A' 479 479 44.71      
6 A' 442 442 158.39      
7 A' 316 316 20.43      
8 A" 3698 3698 30.69      
9 A" 1101 1101 69.00      
10 A" 737 737 387.77      
11 A" 435 435 69.08      
12 A" 151 151 31.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7082.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7082.5 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 B2PLYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.27983 0.25161 0.15899

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.297 0.345 0.000
O2 -1.034 0.969 0.000
O3 0.297 -0.710 1.273
O4 0.297 -0.710 -1.273
H5 -0.614 -0.955 1.505
H6 -0.614 -0.955 -1.505

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.47011.65321.65322.18752.1875
O21.47012.49242.49242.47912.4791
O31.65322.49242.54560.97132.9337
O41.65322.49242.54562.93370.9713
H52.18752.47910.97132.93373.0104
H62.18752.47912.93370.97133.0104

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 110.193 S1 O4 H6 110.193
O2 S1 O3 105.728 O2 S1 O4 105.728
O3 S1 O4 100.688
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.021      
2 O -0.562      
3 O -0.644      
4 O -0.644      
5 H 0.414      
6 H 0.414      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.183 -1.357 0.000 1.800
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.892 6.262 0.000
y 6.262 -30.626 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.192
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.983 6.262 0.000
y 6.262 -0.584 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.567
Polar
3z2-r23.134
x2-y2-0.266
xy6.262
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.878 -0.309 0.000
y -0.309 3.940 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.408


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.779
(<r2>)1/2 8.988