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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

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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-264.969401
Energy at 298.15K-264.973177
HF Energy-264.969401
Nuclear repulsion energy123.648116
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 3816 3674 8.54      
2 A1 1873 1803 530.93      
3 A1 1318 1268 29.63      
4 A1 995 958 14.11      
5 A1 552 531 6.30      
6 A2 547 526 0.00      
7 B1 812 782 79.86      
8 B1 627 604 244.47      
9 B2 3814 3672 131.47      
10 B2 1487 1431 130.44      
11 B2 1184 1140 487.03      
12 B2 609 586 56.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8816.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8487.3 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
0.40210 0.37853 0.19498

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 0.099
O2 0.000 0.000 1.302
O3 0.000 1.085 -0.677
O4 0.000 -1.085 -0.677
H5 0.000 1.846 -0.086
H6 0.000 -1.846 -0.086

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.20261.33441.33441.85561.8556
O21.20262.25722.25722.30952.3095
O31.33442.25722.17010.96442.9906
O41.33442.25722.17012.99060.9644
H51.85562.30950.96442.99063.6927
H61.85562.30952.99060.96443.6927

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 106.537 C1 O4 H6 106.537
O2 C1 O3 125.598 O2 C1 O4 125.598
O3 C1 O4 108.804
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 0.507      
2 O -0.378      
3 O -0.482      
4 O -0.482      
5 H 0.417      
6 H 0.417      


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 0.044 0.044
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.878 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.597 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.818
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.670 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.751 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.080
Polar
3z2-r2-22.161
x2-y2-8.281
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.654 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.635 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.299


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.017
(<r2>)1/2 7.747