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All results from a given calculation for H2SO4 (Sulfuric acid)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-696.560464
Energy at 298.15K-696.565274
Nuclear repulsion energy285.484526
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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 3527 3384 24.50      
2 A 1226 1176 175.62      
3 A 1104 1059 94.77      
4 A 824 791 114.50      
5 A 519 498 50.44      
6 A 413 397 13.62      
7 A 351 336 0.40      
8 A 187 179 174.12      
9 B 3524 3381 133.30      
10 B 1481 1421 239.97      
11 B 1135 1089 34.71      
12 B 903 866 426.99      
13 B 524 503 37.03      
14 B 474 455 68.63      
15 B 243 233 92.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8217.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7883.8 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.16657 0.16099 0.15614

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.157
O2 0.000 1.275 0.835
O3 0.000 -1.275 0.835
O4 1.241 -0.029 -0.862
O5 -1.241 0.029 -0.862
H6 -1.591 -0.885 -1.043
H7 1.591 0.885 -1.043

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6 H7
S11.44351.44351.60611.60612.18092.1809
O21.44352.54942.47312.44353.27472.4917
O31.44352.54942.44352.47312.49173.2747
O41.60612.47312.44352.48302.96460.9953
O51.60612.44352.47312.48300.99532.9646
H62.18093.27472.49172.96460.99533.6417
H72.18092.49173.27470.99532.96463.6417

picture of Sulfuric acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
S1 O4 H7 111.776 S1 O5 H6 111.776
O2 S1 O3 124.029 O2 S1 O4 108.263
O2 S1 O5 106.382 O3 S1 O4 106.382
O3 S1 O5 108.263 O4 S1 O5 101.243
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.264      
2 O -0.457      
3 O -0.457      
4 O -0.586      
5 O -0.586      
6 H 0.411      
7 H 0.411      


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 -2.830 2.830
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.654 6.766 0.000
y 6.766 -35.944 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.709
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.673 6.766 0.000
y 6.766 -3.763 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.910
Polar
3z2-r2-3.820
x2-y26.290
xy6.766
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 103.770
(<r2>)1/2 10.187