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

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-263.471951
Energy at 298.15K-263.475463
HF Energy-263.471951
Nuclear repulsion energy119.285844
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/3-21G*
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 3365 3343 0.01      
2 A1 1706 1695 258.45      
3 A1 1257 1249 30.75      
4 A1 873 868 10.16      
5 A1 498 494 6.33      
6 A2 466 463 0.00      
7 B1 711 706 47.92      
8 B1 581 577 248.52      
9 B2 3360 3338 40.08      
10 B2 1439 1429 40.49      
11 B2 1010 1003 459.09      
12 B2 551 547 45.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7908.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7856.7 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.36902 0.35775 0.18165

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.119
O2 0.000 0.000 1.355
O3 0.000 1.114 -0.710
O4 0.000 -1.114 -0.710
H5 0.000 1.916 -0.100
H6 0.000 -1.916 -0.100

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.23611.38881.38881.92881.9288
O21.23612.34652.34652.40642.4064
O31.38882.34652.22861.00723.0912
O41.38882.34652.22863.09121.0072
H51.92882.40641.00723.09123.8326
H61.92882.40643.09121.00723.8326

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 106.125 C1 O4 H6 106.125
O2 C1 O3 126.646 O2 C1 O4 126.646
O3 C1 O4 106.709
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.723      
2 O -0.458      
3 O -0.489      
4 O -0.489      
5 H 0.357      
6 H 0.357      


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 0.322 0.322
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.532 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.392 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.488
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.592 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.618 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.026
Polar
3z2-r2-22.052
x2-y2-8.140
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.958 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.843 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.991


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.271
(<r2>)1/2 7.954