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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.312591
Energy at 298.15K-264.316348
HF Energy-263.642427
Nuclear repulsion energy122.661683
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 MP2=FULL/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 3750 3533 15.50      
2 A1 1891 1782 449.51      
3 A1 1322 1245 40.43      
4 A1 996 938 15.83      
5 A1 550 518 5.83      
6 A2 551 519 0.00      
7 B1 794 748 73.71      
8 B1 631 595 243.92      
9 B2 3748 3531 186.25      
10 B2 1515 1428 143.40      
11 B2 1193 1124 452.94      
12 B2 602 567 55.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8770.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8263.8 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.39223 0.37628 0.19204

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.102
O2 0.000 0.000 1.317
O3 0.000 1.088 -0.687
O4 0.000 -1.088 -0.687
H5 0.000 1.851 -0.078
H6 0.000 -1.851 -0.078

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.21531.34411.34411.85971.8597
O21.21532.28052.28052.31782.3178
O31.34412.28052.17680.97603.0018
O41.34412.28052.17683.00180.9760
H51.85972.31780.97603.00183.7020
H61.85972.31783.00180.97603.7020

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 105.462 C1 O4 H6 105.462
O2 C1 O3 125.929 O2 C1 O4 125.929
O3 C1 O4 108.142
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability