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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.004937
Energy at 298.15K-265.008662
HF Energy-265.004937
Nuclear repulsion energy122.961814
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/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 3813 3663 15.19      
2 A1 1866 1793 467.20      
3 A1 1301 1250 37.90      
4 A1 989 950 11.92      
5 A1 544 523 6.78      
6 A2 530 509 0.00      
7 B1 788 757 69.32      
8 B1 607 583 217.97      
9 B2 3810 3661 148.07      
10 B2 1492 1434 137.09      
11 B2 1167 1121 441.74      
12 B2 599 576 52.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8752.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8409.6 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.39680 0.37507 0.19281

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.099
O2 0.000 0.000 1.310
O3 0.000 1.091 -0.683
O4 0.000 -1.091 -0.683
H5 0.000 1.849 -0.079
H6 0.000 -1.849 -0.079

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.21061.34211.34211.85711.8571
O21.21062.27162.27162.31202.3120
O31.34212.27162.18150.96903.0007
O41.34212.27162.18153.00070.9690
H51.85712.31200.96903.00073.6971
H61.85712.31203.00070.96903.6971

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 105.811 C1 O4 H6 105.811
O2 C1 O3 125.638 O2 C1 O4 125.638
O3 C1 O4 108.724
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.710      
2 O -0.471      
3 O -0.459      
4 O -0.459      
5 H 0.340      
6 H 0.340      


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 -0.106 0.106
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.628 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -13.750 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.129
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.688 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.129 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.441
Polar
3z2-r2-20.881
x2-y2-7.878
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.566 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.658 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.248


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.346
(<r2>)1/2 7.768