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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.982826
Energy at 298.15K-264.986585
HF Energy-264.982826
Nuclear repulsion energy123.649561
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 B3PW91/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3845 3703 20.57      
2 A1 1872 1802 515.54      
3 A1 1303 1255 27.71      
4 A1 996 959 15.21      
5 A1 552 532 5.68      
6 A2 531 512 0.00      
7 B1 807 777 64.04      
8 B1 606 584 220.95      
9 B2 3842 3700 175.51      
10 B2 1481 1427 147.62      
11 B2 1173 1130 458.02      
12 B2 608 586 53.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8807.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8482.7 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 B3PW91/6-311G**
ABC
0.40184 0.37874 0.19497

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.100
O2 0.000 0.000 1.302
O3 0.000 1.085 -0.678
O4 0.000 -1.085 -0.678
H5 0.000 1.840 -0.079
H6 0.000 -1.840 -0.079

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.20211.33531.33531.84911.8491
O21.20212.25792.25792.30062.3006
O31.33532.25792.17070.96422.9866
O41.33532.25792.17072.98660.9642
H51.84912.30060.96422.98663.6809
H61.84912.30062.98660.96423.6809

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 105.922 C1 O4 H6 105.922
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 B3PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.455      
2 O -0.383      
3 O -0.306      
4 O -0.306      
5 H 0.270      
6 H 0.270      


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 -0.108 0.108
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.749 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.933 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.490
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.537 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.187 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.650
Polar
3z2-r2-21.299
x2-y2-7.816
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.733 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.672 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.350


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 59.971
(<r2>)1/2 7.744