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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.111954
Energy at 298.15K-265.115686
HF Energy-265.111954
Nuclear repulsion energy123.234836
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/TZVP
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 3792 3661 13.63      
2 A1 1827 1764 551.15      
3 A1 1294 1249 27.31      
4 A1 976 942 19.60      
5 A1 550 531 6.50      
6 A2 521 503 0.00      
7 B1 791 764 59.42      
8 B1 600 579 239.87      
9 B2 3789 3658 185.38      
10 B2 1457 1406 130.72      
11 B2 1153 1113 468.35      
12 B2 605 584 46.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8677.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9654) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8376.8 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 B3LYP/TZVP
ABC
0.39979 0.37556 0.19365

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/TZVP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.101
O2 0.000 0.000 1.305
O3 0.000 1.089 -0.679
O4 0.000 -1.089 -0.679
H5 0.000 1.857 -0.091
H6 0.000 -1.857 -0.091

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 O4 H5 H6
C11.20401.34001.34001.86661.8666
O21.20402.26402.26402.32312.3231
O31.34002.26402.17800.96733.0039
O41.34002.26402.17803.00390.9673
H51.86662.32310.96733.00393.7133
H61.86662.32313.00390.96733.7133

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 106.878 C1 O4 H6 106.878
O2 C1 O3 125.643 O2 C1 O4 125.643
O3 C1 O4 108.714
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.313      
2 O -0.354      
3 O -0.282      
4 O -0.282      
5 H 0.303      
6 H 0.303      


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 -0.110 0.110
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.317 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -14.181 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.463
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.495 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.709 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.213
Polar
3z2-r2-22.427
x2-y2-8.136
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.104 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.943 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.817


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.700
(<r2>)1/2 7.791