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

using model chemistry: LSDA/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at LSDA/STO-3G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at LSDA/STO-3G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/STO-3G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at LSDA/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-615.176516
Energy at 298.15K-615.179634
HF Energy-615.176516
Nuclear repulsion energy178.657067
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 LSDA/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 A' 3475 3112 53.53      
2 A' 1275 1142 10.86      
3 A' 1050 940 12.67      
4 A' 711 636 24.07      
5 A' 503 450 61.62      
6 A' 269 241 14.05      
7 A' 180 161 8.99      
8 A" 3470 3107 1.20      
9 A" 1226 1098 25.70      
10 A" 699 626 95.43      
11 A" 498 446 28.18      
12 A" 140 125 1.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6747.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8955) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6042.0 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 LSDA/STO-3G
ABC
0.25369 0.20772 0.14754

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.350 0.455 0.000
O2 -1.227 0.742 0.000
O3 0.350 -0.728 1.374
O4 0.350 -0.728 -1.374
H5 -0.696 -0.782 1.430
H6 -0.696 -0.782 -1.430

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.60321.81271.81272.16092.1609
O21.60322.55622.55622.15592.1559
O31.81272.55622.74721.04942.9930
O41.81272.55622.74722.99301.0494
H52.16092.15591.04942.99302.8598
H62.16092.15592.99301.04942.8598

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 94.259 S1 O4 H6 94.259
O2 S1 O3 96.704 O2 S1 O4 96.704
O3 S1 O4 98.538
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.565      
2 O -0.330      
3 O -0.269      
4 O -0.269      
5 H 0.151      
6 H 0.151      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.411 0.280 0.000 0.497
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.849 3.428 0.000
y 3.428 -26.405 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.900
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.196 3.428 0.000
y 3.428 0.470 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.273
Polar
3z2-r2-0.547
x2-y2-0.444
xy3.428
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.569 -0.380 0.000
y -0.380 1.962 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.271


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 85.318
(<r2>)1/2 9.237