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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.236486
Energy at 298.15K-378.240625
HF Energy-378.236486
Nuclear repulsion energy234.769492
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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 3691 3512 0.00      
2 Ag 1898 1806 0.00      
3 Ag 1499 1427 0.00      
4 Ag 1249 1188 0.00      
5 Ag 850 809 0.00      
6 Ag 574 547 0.00      
7 Ag 411 391 0.00      
8 Au 732 696 213.21      
9 Au 459 437 55.85      
10 Au 134 127 6.09      
11 Bg 806 767 0.00      
12 Bg 722 687 0.00      
13 Bu 3695 3516 264.14      
14 Bu 1918 1825 429.98      
15 Bu 1372 1306 864.05      
16 Bu 1247 1187 11.14      
17 Bu 677 644 22.88      
18 Bu 266 253 58.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11100.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10561.7 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.19327 0.12974 0.07763

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.051 0.766 0.000
C2 0.051 -0.766 0.000
O3 1.125 1.362 0.000
O4 -1.125 -1.362 0.000
O5 -1.125 1.316 0.000
O6 1.125 -1.316 0.000
H7 1.792 0.651 0.000
H8 -1.792 -0.651 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53631.31752.38411.20642.39131.84662.2456
C21.53632.38411.31752.39131.20642.24561.8466
O31.31752.38413.53262.24962.67820.97553.5441
O42.38411.31753.53262.67822.24963.54410.9755
O51.20642.39132.24962.67823.46232.99182.0774
O62.39131.20642.67822.24963.46232.07742.9918
H71.84662.24560.97553.54412.99182.07743.8138
H82.24561.84663.54410.97552.07742.99183.8138

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 113.097 C1 C2 O6 120.885
C1 O3 H7 106.328 C2 C1 O3 113.097
C2 C1 O5 120.885 C2 O4 H8 106.328
O3 C1 O5 126.018 O4 C2 O6 126.018
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.576      
2 C 0.576      
3 O -0.477      
4 O -0.477      
5 O -0.467      
6 O -0.467      
7 H 0.368      
8 H 0.368      


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 -29.756 3.597 0.000
y 3.597 -41.563 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.061
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.556 3.597 0.000
y 3.597 -11.155 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.599
Polar
3z2-r29.198
x2-y211.807
xy3.597
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.225 -0.285 0.000
y -0.285 4.558 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.348


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 133.536
(<r2>)1/2 11.556