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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-263.405773
Energy at 298.15K-263.409537
HF Energy-263.405773
Nuclear repulsion energy121.451711
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 M06-2X/3-21G*
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 3655 3462 3.65      
2 A1 1836 1739 358.64      
3 A1 1296 1227 59.89      
4 A1 979 927 10.95      
5 A1 544 516 8.43      
6 A2 566 536 0.00      
7 B1 783 742 120.33      
8 B1 642 608 293.32      
9 B2 3653 3460 138.45      
10 B2 1545 1463 120.07      
11 B2 1116 1057 467.25      
12 B2 603 571 65.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8609.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8154.4 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 M06-2X/3-21G*
ABC
0.38800 0.36592 0.18832

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.107
O2 0.000 0.000 1.326
O3 0.000 1.100 -0.688
O4 0.000 -1.100 -0.688
H5 0.000 1.910 -0.119
H6 0.000 -1.910 -0.119

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.21941.35731.35731.92361.9236
O21.21942.29522.29522.39532.3953
O31.35732.29522.20020.99023.0637
O41.35732.29522.20023.06370.9902
H51.92362.39530.99023.06373.8206
H61.92362.39533.06370.99023.8206

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 109.055 C1 O4 H6 109.055
O2 C1 O3 125.853 O2 C1 O4 125.853
O3 C1 O4 108.294
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.878      
2 O -0.516      
3 O -0.580      
4 O -0.580      
5 H 0.399      
6 H 0.399      


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 0.366 0.366
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.560 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.944 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.448
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.363 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.560 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.196
Polar
3z2-r2-24.393
x2-y2-8.615
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.885 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.313 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.756


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 61.721
(<r2>)1/2 7.856