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Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.112, No.17, 4158-4164, 2008
Coupled-cluster study of isomers of H2SO2
A theoretical study has been made on six isomers of H2SO2 using coupled-cluster singles and doubles with noniterative triple excitations (CCSD(T)). The isomers studied are sulfoxylic acid (S(OH)(2); C-2 and C-s conformers), sulfinic acid (HS(=O)OH; 2 C-1 conformers), dihydrogen sulfone (H2SO2; C-2v), sulfhydryl hydroperoxide (HSOOH; C-1), thiadioxirane (C-s) and dihydrogen persulfoxide (H2SOO; C-s) Molecular geometries, harmonic vibrational frequencies, and infrared intensities of all species were obtained using the CCSD(T) method and the 6-311++G(2d,2p) basis set. All aforementioned species were found to be local minima, with the exception of thiadioxirane, which has one imaginary frequency. A prior possible infrared observation of sulfinic acid was reassessed on the basis of the present data. In agreement with previous MP2 results, the present CCSD(T) data provide support for at most 4 of the 8 observed frequencies. The CCSD(T) frequencies and intensities should be of assistance in future identification of H2SO2 isomers by vibrational spectroscopy. Relative energies were calculated using the CCSD(T) method and several larger basis sets. As found previously, the lowest energy species is C-2 S(OH)(2), followed by C-s S(OH)(2), HS(=O)OH, H2SO2, HSOOH, thiadioxirane, and H2SOO. Expanding the basis set significantly, reduces the relative energies of HS(=O)OH and H2SO2. The CCSD(T) method was used with extended basis sets (up to aug-cc-pV(Q+d)Z) and basis set extrapolation in two reaction schemes to calculate the Delta H-f degrees(25 degrees C) of C-2 S(OH)(2). The two reaction schemes gave -285.8 and -282.7 kJ mol(-1), which are quite close to a prior theoretical estimate (-290 kJ mol(-1)).