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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.609554
Energy at 298.15K-377.613519
HF Energy-376.504219
Nuclear repulsion energy233.133695
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 QCISD(T)/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 Ag 3693 3557        
2 Ag 1832 1765        
3 Ag 1446 1393        
4 Ag 1229 1183        
5 Ag 818 788        
6 Ag 561 540        
7 Ag 404 389        
8 Au 657 633        
9 Au 435 419        
10 Au 108 104        
11 Bg 787 758        
12 Bg 639 616        
13 Bu 3697 3561        
14 Bu 1844 1776        
15 Bu 1343 1294        
16 Bu 1194 1150        
17 Bu 668 644        
18 Bu 255 246        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10805.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10408.2 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 QCISD(T)/TZVP
ABC
0.19238 0.12652 0.07633

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/TZVP

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.054 0.772 0.000
C2 0.054 -0.772 0.000
O3 1.127 1.387 0.000
O4 -1.127 -1.387 0.000
O5 -1.127 1.325 0.000
O6 1.127 -1.325 0.000
H7 1.802 0.684 0.000
H8 -1.802 -0.684 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54761.33172.41101.20762.40671.85822.2749
C21.54762.41101.33172.40671.20762.27491.8582
O31.33172.41103.57462.25562.71180.97473.5874
O42.41101.33173.57462.71182.25563.58740.9747
O51.20762.40672.25562.71183.47932.99892.1189
O62.40671.20762.71182.25563.47932.11892.9989
H71.85822.27490.97473.58742.99892.11893.8550
H82.27491.85823.58740.97472.11892.99893.8550

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 113.511 C1 C2 O6 121.249
C1 O3 H7 106.316 C2 C1 O3 113.511
C2 C1 O5 121.249 C2 O4 H8 106.316
O3 C1 O5 125.240 O4 C2 O6 125.240
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability