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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-261.314816
Energy at 298.15K-261.318070
HF Energy-261.314816
Nuclear repulsion energy117.930596
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/STO-3G
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 3820 3357 20.70      
2 A1 1955 1718 109.50      
3 A1 1448 1272 6.90      
4 A1 962 846 2.38      
5 A1 457 402 2.41      
6 A2 493 433 0.00      
7 B1 638 561 19.11      
8 B1 570 501 150.42      
9 B2 3814 3352 0.00      
10 B2 1580 1388 37.18      
11 B2 1202 1056 286.11      
12 B2 509 447 32.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8722.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8789) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7666.6 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.35847 0.35159 0.17750

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.123
O2 0.000 0.000 1.370
O3 0.000 1.129 -0.725
O4 0.000 -1.129 -0.725
H5 0.000 1.891 -0.047
H6 0.000 -1.891 -0.047

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.24661.41191.41191.89821.8982
O21.24662.37972.37972.36272.3627
O31.41192.37972.25711.02003.0943
O41.41192.37972.25713.09431.0200
H51.89822.36271.02003.09433.7811
H61.89822.36273.09431.02003.7811

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 101.404 C1 O4 H6 101.404
O2 C1 O3 126.936 O2 C1 O4 126.936
O3 C1 O4 106.127
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.267      
2 O -0.250      
3 O -0.223      
4 O -0.223      
5 H 0.214      
6 H 0.214      


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 0.408 0.408
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.377 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -14.100 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.878
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.112 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.027 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.139
Polar
3z2-r2-16.278
x2-y2-5.277
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.390 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.905 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.143


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.198
(<r2>)1/2 7.950