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All results from a given calculation for C2H2O4 (Oxalic Acid)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-376.418652
Energy at 298.15K-376.423030
HF Energy-376.418652
Nuclear repulsion energy237.448757
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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 4062 3678 0.00      
2 Ag 2068 1873 0.00      
3 Ag 1609 1457 0.00      
4 Ag 1353 1225 0.00      
5 Ag 916 829 0.00      
6 Ag 614 556 0.00      
7 Ag 455 412 0.00      
8 Au 702 636 227.53      
9 Au 534 484 80.75      
10 Au 125 113 7.88      
11 Bg 950 860 0.00      
12 Bg 698 632 0.00      
13 Bu 4065 3681 334.99      
14 Bu 2059 1865 657.99      
15 Bu 1469 1330 964.88      
16 Bu 1319 1194 13.11      
17 Bu 742 672 30.22      
18 Bu 298 270 51.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12017.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10882.2 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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.20097 0.13001 0.07894

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.052 0.767 0.000
C2 0.052 -0.767 0.000
O3 1.102 1.371 0.000
O4 -1.102 -1.371 0.000
O5 -1.102 1.299 0.000
O6 1.102 -1.299 0.000
H7 1.796 0.723 0.000
H8 -1.796 -0.723 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53771.30182.38181.17762.36671.84842.2948
C21.53772.38181.30182.36671.17762.29481.8484
O31.30182.38183.51722.20512.67000.94913.5756
O42.38181.30183.51722.67002.20513.57560.9491
O51.17762.36672.20512.67003.40762.95502.1387
O62.36671.17762.67002.20513.40762.13872.9550
H71.84842.29480.94913.57562.95502.13873.8731
H82.29481.84843.57560.94912.13872.95503.8731

picture of Oxalic Acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 113.770 C1 C2 O6 120.714
C1 O3 H7 109.404 C2 C1 O3 113.770
C2 C1 O5 120.714 C2 O4 H8 109.404
O3 C1 O5 125.515 O4 C2 O6 125.515
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.536      
2 C 0.536      
3 O -0.479      
4 O -0.479      
5 O -0.441      
6 O -0.441      
7 H 0.385      
8 H 0.385      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.982 4.104 0.000
y 4.104 -41.915 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.900
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.425 4.104 0.000
y 4.104 -11.473 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.048
Polar
3z2-r210.096
x2-y211.932
xy4.104
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.734 -0.388 0.000
y -0.388 4.476 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.793


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 131.927
(<r2>)1/2 11.486