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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.928323
Energy at 298.15K-264.932082
HF Energy-264.928323
Nuclear repulsion energy123.515247
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
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 3814 3617 18.95      
2 A1 1906 1807 496.00      
3 A1 1322 1253 38.04      
4 A1 1012 960 10.97      
5 A1 550 522 6.81      
6 A2 545 516 0.00      
7 B1 805 764 75.96      
8 B1 622 590 228.65      
9 B2 3811 3614 166.52      
10 B2 1523 1445 158.51      
11 B2 1195 1133 430.77      
12 B2 607 575 57.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8856.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9483) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8398.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.40054 0.37874 0.19467

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.097
O2 0.000 0.000 1.304
O3 0.000 1.085 -0.679
O4 0.000 -1.085 -0.679
H5 0.000 1.841 -0.075
H6 0.000 -1.841 -0.075

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.20681.33451.33451.84941.8494
O21.20682.26092.26092.30032.3003
O31.33452.26092.17050.96832.9885
O41.33452.26092.17052.98850.9683
H51.84942.30030.96832.98853.6829
H61.84942.30032.98850.96833.6829

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 105.765 C1 O4 H6 105.765
O2 C1 O3 125.586 O2 C1 O4 125.586
O3 C1 O4 108.828
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.724      
2 O -0.485      
3 O -0.563      
4 O -0.563      
5 H 0.443      
6 H 0.443      


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 -0.072 0.072
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.656 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.580 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.189
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.771 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.342 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.571
Polar
3z2-r2-21.142
x2-y2-8.075
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.554 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.518 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.207


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 59.886
(<r2>)1/2 7.739