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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/3-21G*

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 TPSSh/3-21G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at TPSSh/3-21G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/3-21G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at TPSSh/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-621.912278
Energy at 298.15K-621.916037
HF Energy-621.912278
Nuclear repulsion energy189.683333
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 TPSSh/3-21G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3358 3243 13.51      
2 A' 1225 1183 122.95      
3 A' 1100 1062 4.80      
4 A' 745 719 131.73      
5 A' 500 483 97.96      
6 A' 419 404 104.27      
7 A' 281 271 19.53      
8 A" 3356 3241 5.77      
9 A" 1064 1028 43.44      
10 A" 760 734 326.05      
11 A" 454 438 90.32      
12 A" 191 185 10.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6725.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6495.2 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 TPSSh/3-21G*
ABC
0.27690 0.24598 0.15653

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.301 0.344 0.000
O2 -1.043 0.974 0.000
O3 0.301 -0.707 1.288
O4 0.301 -0.707 -1.288
H5 -0.642 -0.992 1.506
H6 -0.642 -0.992 -1.506

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.48411.66261.66262.22322.2232
O21.48412.50832.50832.50902.5090
O31.66262.50832.57681.00892.9632
O41.66262.50832.57682.96321.0089
H52.22322.50901.00892.96323.0126
H62.22322.50902.96321.00893.0126

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 110.236 S1 O4 H6 110.236
O2 S1 O3 105.571 O2 S1 O4 105.571
O3 S1 O4 101.597
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.984      
2 O -0.524      
3 O -0.583      
4 O -0.583      
5 H 0.353      
6 H 0.353      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.402 -1.523 0.000 2.070
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.342 -0.139 0.000
y -0.139 3.307 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.845


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 81.138
(<r2>)1/2 9.008