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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.894659
Energy at 298.15K-264.898399
HF Energy-264.894659
Nuclear repulsion energy123.207785
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3783 3619 17.13      
2 A1 1888 1806 482.26      
3 A1 1312 1256 37.01      
4 A1 1000 957 11.24      
5 A1 546 522 6.82      
6 A2 540 516 0.00      
7 B1 796 762 72.88      
8 B1 619 592 227.24      
9 B2 3780 3616 157.00      
10 B2 1508 1443 146.64      
11 B2 1182 1131 436.64      
12 B2 601 575 55.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8777.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8397.7 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.39830 0.37705 0.19369

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.098
O2 0.000 0.000 1.308
O3 0.000 1.088 -0.681
O4 0.000 -1.088 -0.681
H5 0.000 1.845 -0.075
H6 0.000 -1.845 -0.075

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.20931.33821.33821.85321.8532
O21.20932.26692.26692.30532.3053
O31.33822.26692.17540.97052.9949
O41.33822.26692.17542.99490.9705
H51.85322.30530.97052.99493.6902
H61.85322.30532.99490.97053.6902

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 105.669 C1 O4 H6 105.669
O2 C1 O3 125.630 O2 C1 O4 125.630
O3 C1 O4 108.740
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.710      
2 O -0.479      
3 O -0.556      
4 O -0.556      
5 H 0.440      
6 H 0.440      


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 -0.063 0.063
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.667 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.571 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.171
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.795 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.348 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.553
Polar
3z2-r2-21.105
x2-y2-8.095
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.559 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.573 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.236


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.114
(<r2>)1/2 7.753