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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.376905
Energy at 298.15K-378.380878
HF Energy-378.376905
Nuclear repulsion energy231.335952
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 BLYP/6-311G*
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 3448 3439 0.00      
2 Ag 1745 1741 0.00      
3 Ag 1386 1383 0.00      
4 Ag 1162 1159 0.00      
5 Ag 779 777 0.00      
6 Ag 542 541 0.00      
7 Ag 391 390 0.00      
8 Au 713 711 206.34      
9 Au 437 436 51.67      
10 Au 127 126 5.37      
11 Bg 786 784 0.00      
12 Bg 700 698 0.00      
13 Bu 3448 3440 143.18      
14 Bu 1775 1771 350.14      
15 Bu 1307 1304 775.22      
16 Bu 1141 1138 57.11      
17 Bu 646 644 21.89      
18 Bu 259 258 52.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10395.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10369.9 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.18909 0.12489 0.07521

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.058 0.778 0.000
C2 0.058 -0.778 0.000
O3 1.136 1.391 0.000
O4 -1.136 -1.391 0.000
O5 -1.136 1.339 0.000
O6 1.136 -1.339 0.000
H7 1.822 0.680 0.000
H8 -1.822 -0.680 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.55931.34282.42221.21602.43041.88202.2880
C21.55932.42221.34282.43041.21602.28801.8820
O31.34282.42223.59292.27342.73060.98763.6111
O42.42221.34283.59292.73062.27343.61110.9876
O51.21602.43042.27342.73063.51283.03062.1324
O62.43041.21602.73062.27343.51282.13243.0306
H71.88202.28800.98763.61113.03062.13243.8888
H82.28801.88203.61110.98762.13243.03063.8888

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 112.941 C1 C2 O6 121.771
C1 O3 H7 106.729 C2 C1 O3 112.941
C2 C1 O5 121.771 C2 O4 H8 106.729
O3 C1 O5 125.287 O4 C2 O6 125.287
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.299      
2 C 0.299      
3 O -0.417      
4 O -0.417      
5 O -0.283      
6 O -0.283      
7 H 0.402      
8 H 0.402      


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 -30.254 3.468 0.000
y 3.468 -42.679 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.768
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.969 3.468 0.000
y 3.468 -11.668 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.699
Polar
3z2-r29.397
x2-y212.424
xy3.468
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.764 -0.186 0.000
y -0.186 5.093 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.547


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.649
(<r2>)1/2 11.732