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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G*

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 B1B95/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B1B95/6-31G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-624.964328
Energy at 298.15K-624.968125
HF Energy-624.964328
Nuclear repulsion energy192.673196
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 B1B95/6-31G*
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' 3696 3509 99.74      
2 A' 1275 1210 172.22      
3 A' 1138 1080 11.16      
4 A' 799 759 150.04      
5 A' 480 455 30.80      
6 A' 449 426 151.37      
7 A' 316 300 22.48      
8 A" 3693 3506 32.01      
9 A" 1107 1051 71.63      
10 A" 799 758 343.11      
11 A" 442 420 76.34      
12 A" 163 155 20.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7178.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9493) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6814.8 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 B1B95/6-31G*
ABC
0.28309 0.25564 0.16175

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.298 0.343 0.000
O2 -1.036 0.954 0.000
O3 0.298 -0.706 1.262
O4 0.298 -0.706 -1.262
H5 -0.631 -0.914 1.471
H6 -0.631 -0.914 -1.471

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.46731.64121.64122.14692.1469
O21.46732.47542.47542.41182.4118
O31.64122.47542.52390.97532.8940
O41.64122.47542.52392.89400.9753
H52.14692.41180.97532.89402.9415
H62.14692.41182.89400.97532.9415

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 107.533 S1 O4 H6 107.533
O2 S1 O3 105.423 O2 S1 O4 105.423
O3 S1 O4 100.516
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.048      
2 O -0.591      
3 O -0.655      
4 O -0.655      
5 H 0.427      
6 H 0.427      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.024 -1.364 0.000 1.706
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.888 5.621 0.000
y 5.621 -29.839 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.098
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.920 5.621 0.000
y 5.621 -0.846 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.766
Polar
3z2-r23.531
x2-y2-0.049
xy5.621
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.717 -0.296 0.000
y -0.296 3.681 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.168


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.131
(<r2>)1/2 8.896