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All results from a given calculation for H2SO3 (Sulfurous acid)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-31G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-624.761487
Energy at 298.15K-624.764732
HF Energy-624.761487
Nuclear repulsion energy177.489734
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 A' 3578 3387 50.30      
2 A' 1161 1099 28.23      
3 A' 926 877 52.55      
4 A' 660 624 93.75      
5 A' 413 391 157.74      
6 A' 337 319 98.89      
7 A' 230 218 5.41      
8 A" 3574 3384 55.65      
9 A" 1108 1049 47.15      
10 A" 664 628 228.94      
11 A" 345 326 106.74      
12 A" 145 137 20.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6570.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9466) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6219.1 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
ABC
0.24058 0.21471 0.13725

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.328 0.381 0.000
O2 -1.162 0.998 0.000
O3 0.328 -0.759 1.374
O4 0.328 -0.759 -1.374
H5 -0.606 -0.963 1.618
H6 -0.606 -0.963 -1.618

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.61361.78521.78522.30142.3014
O21.61362.68282.68282.60222.6022
O31.78522.68282.74720.98693.1409
O41.78522.68282.74723.14090.9869
H52.30142.60220.98693.14093.2365
H62.30142.60223.14090.98693.2365

picture of Sulfurous acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
S1 O3 H5 108.800 S1 O4 H6 108.800
O2 S1 O3 104.135 O2 S1 O4 104.135
O3 S1 O4 100.605
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 S 1.175      
2 O -0.644      
3 O -0.667      
4 O -0.667      
5 H 0.402      
6 H 0.402      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.947 -0.836 0.000 1.263
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.959 7.215 0.000
y 7.215 -31.232 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.620
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.533 7.215 0.000
y 7.215 -0.442 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.976
Polar
3z2-r23.951
x2-y2-0.727
xy7.215
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.058 -0.766 0.000
y -0.766 4.031 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.019


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 91.111
(<r2>)1/2 9.545