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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G

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 BLYP/6-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at BLYP/6-31G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-624.812327
Energy at 298.15K-624.815242
HF Energy-624.812327
Nuclear repulsion energy171.140081
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/6-31G
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' 3343 3318 12.35      
2 A' 1075 1067 26.09      
3 A' 883 876 39.65      
4 A' 552 547 66.36      
5 A' 374 371 150.48      
6 A' 295 293 59.94      
7 A' 184 183 0.99      
8 A" 3341 3315 29.92      
9 A" 1025 1017 53.45      
10 A" 560 555 196.61      
11 A" 325 323 73.95      
12 A" 147 146 11.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6051.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6005.1 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/6-31G
ABC
0.23016 0.19343 0.12512

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.331 0.388 0.000
O2 -1.166 1.061 0.000
O3 0.331 -0.787 1.455
O4 0.331 -0.787 -1.455
H5 -0.633 -1.053 1.585
H6 -0.633 -1.053 -1.585

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.64211.86941.86942.34862.3486
O21.64212.78812.78812.69562.6956
O31.86942.78812.90901.00843.1999
O41.86942.78812.90903.19991.0084
H52.34862.69561.00843.19993.1704
H62.34862.69563.19991.00843.1704

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 105.451 S1 O4 H6 105.451
O2 S1 O3 104.938 O2 S1 O4 104.938
O3 S1 O4 102.166
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.979      
2 O -0.546      
3 O -0.571      
4 O -0.571      
5 H 0.355      
6 H 0.355      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.162 -0.659 0.000 1.336
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.308 6.522 0.000
y 6.522 -31.180 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.133
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.651 6.522 0.000
y 6.522 -0.460 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.111
Polar
3z2-r22.221
x2-y2-0.127
xy6.522
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.357 -0.801 0.000
y -0.801 4.456 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.857


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 97.264
(<r2>)1/2 9.862