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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/3-21G

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/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-262.621552
Energy at 298.15K-262.625200
HF Energy-262.160526
Nuclear repulsion energy120.055536
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/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 A1 3559 3398 0.31      
2 A1 1775 1695 277.20      
3 A1 1301 1242 46.95      
4 A1 920 879 17.53      
5 A1 530 506 5.97      
6 A2 502 480 0.00      
7 B1 746 712 67.95      
8 B1 595 568 303.71      
9 B2 3558 3397 90.37      
10 B2 1513 1445 76.36      
11 B2 1076 1027 501.97      
12 B2 589 563 55.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8332.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7955.4 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/3-21G
ABC
0.37498 0.36050 0.18380

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.114
O2 0.000 0.000 1.347
O3 0.000 1.110 -0.702
O4 0.000 -1.110 -0.702
H5 0.000 1.911 -0.117
H6 0.000 -1.911 -0.117

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.23261.37761.37761.92521.9252
O21.23262.33002.33002.40762.4076
O31.37762.33002.21960.99203.0770
O41.37762.33002.21963.07700.9920
H51.92522.40760.99203.07703.8225
H61.92522.40763.07700.99203.8225

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 107.566 C1 O4 H6 107.566
O2 C1 O3 126.331 O2 C1 O4 126.331
O3 C1 O4 107.339
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability