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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-121G*

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 B3LYP/CEP-121G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYP/CEP-121G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-59.244395
Energy at 298.15K-59.248028
HF Energy-59.244395
Nuclear repulsion energy72.282239
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 B3LYP/CEP-121G*
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' 3666 3554 63.87      
2 A' 1215 1178 145.34      
3 A' 1092 1059 41.82      
4 A' 734 712 147.03      
5 A' 453 439 20.73      
6 A' 418 405 160.07      
7 A' 312 303 14.73      
8 A" 3664 3551 30.51      
9 A" 1090 1057 71.43      
10 A" 728 706 350.60      
11 A" 417 404 58.98      
12 A" 141 137 28.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6964.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9694) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6751.2 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 B3LYP/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.27394 0.24463 0.15526

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.303 0.349 0.000
O2 -1.054 0.969 0.000
O3 0.303 -0.719 1.291
O4 0.303 -0.719 -1.291
H5 -0.632 -0.912 1.514
H6 -0.632 -0.912 -1.514

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
S11.49191.67621.67622.18132.1813
O21.49192.52192.52192.45162.4516
O31.67622.52192.58290.98002.9635
O41.67622.52192.58292.96350.9800
H52.18132.45160.98002.96353.0284
H62.18132.45162.96350.98003.0284

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 107.499 S1 O4 H6 107.499
O2 S1 O3 105.355 O2 S1 O4 105.355
O3 S1 O4 100.789
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.770      
2 O -0.491      
3 O -0.556      
4 O -0.556      
5 H 0.416      
6 H 0.416      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.946 -1.173 0.000 1.507
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.835 5.890 0.000
y 5.890 -29.972 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.077
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.810 5.890 0.000
y 5.890 -1.016 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.826
Polar
3z2-r23.652
x2-y20.137
xy5.890
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.245 -0.365 0.000
y -0.365 4.261 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.862


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 66.253
(<r2>)1/2 8.140