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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.993888
Energy at 298.15K-264.997616
HF Energy-264.993888
Nuclear repulsion energy122.888524
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 A1 3747 3590 14.13      
2 A1 1869 1791 470.94      
3 A1 1313 1258 35.23      
4 A1 987 945 12.05      
5 A1 544 521 6.61      
6 A2 537 515 0.00      
7 B1 788 755 73.08      
8 B1 616 591 219.88      
9 B2 3744 3587 143.32      
10 B2 1495 1432 125.70      
11 B2 1174 1125 450.95      
12 B2 599 574 52.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8707.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8341.5 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.39648 0.37475 0.19265

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.100
O2 0.000 0.000 1.310
O3 0.000 1.091 -0.683
O4 0.000 -1.091 -0.683
H5 0.000 1.851 -0.077
H6 0.000 -1.851 -0.077

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.21051.34281.34281.85951.8595
O21.21052.27242.27242.31302.3130
O31.34282.27242.18200.97233.0039
O41.34282.27242.18203.00390.9723
H51.85952.31300.97233.00393.7022
H61.85952.31303.00390.97233.7022

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 105.754 C1 O4 H6 105.754
O2 C1 O3 125.663 O2 C1 O4 125.663
O3 C1 O4 108.675
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.696      
2 O -0.469      
3 O -0.542      
4 O -0.542      
5 H 0.428      
6 H 0.428      


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 -0.061 0.061
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.687 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.720 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.204
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.725 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.226 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.500
Polar
3z2-r2-21.001
x2-y2-7.967
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.548 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.638 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.240


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.413
(<r2>)1/2 7.773