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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-264.791150
Energy at 298.15K-264.794825
HF Energy-264.791150
Nuclear repulsion energy121.200478
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 3698 3541 1.43      
2 A1 1759 1685 416.04      
3 A1 1266 1213 43.68      
4 A1 962 922 12.33      
5 A1 534 512 9.10      
6 A2 521 499 0.00      
7 B1 751 719 77.93      
8 B1 608 582 338.60      
9 B2 3695 3539 149.45      
10 B2 1501 1438 126.46      
11 B2 1103 1056 466.49      
12 B2 585 560 58.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8491.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8132.1 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 B3PW91/6-31G
ABC
0.38495 0.36451 0.18723

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 0.101
O2 0.000 0.000 1.334
O3 0.000 1.103 -0.688
O4 0.000 -1.103 -0.688
H5 0.000 1.907 -0.134
H6 0.000 -1.907 -0.134

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.23271.35661.35661.92201.9220
O21.23272.30382.30382.40732.4073
O31.35662.30382.20580.97693.0610
O41.35662.30382.20583.06100.9769
H51.92202.40730.97693.06103.8150
H61.92202.40733.06100.97693.8150

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 109.837 C1 O4 H6 109.837
O2 C1 O3 125.609 O2 C1 O4 125.609
O3 C1 O4 108.782
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 0.636      
2 O -0.411      
3 O -0.529      
4 O -0.529      
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 0.228 0.228
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.038 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.795 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.252
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.514 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.350 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.836
Polar
3z2-r2-25.671
x2-y2-9.243
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.212 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.621 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.303


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 62.211
(<r2>)1/2 7.887