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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.252612
Energy at 298.15K-378.256711
HF Energy-378.252612
Nuclear repulsion energy234.358140
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
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 3704 3525 0.00      
2 Ag 1879 1789 0.00      
3 Ag 1476 1405 0.00      
4 Ag 1231 1172 0.00      
5 Ag 843 802 0.00      
6 Ag 567 539 0.00      
7 Ag 408 389 0.00      
8 Au 710 676 219.43      
9 Au 466 444 62.90      
10 Au 126 119 7.20      
11 Bg 817 778 0.00      
12 Bg 702 668 0.00      
13 Bu 3707 3529 283.17      
14 Bu 1898 1807 529.42      
15 Bu 1351 1286 837.54      
16 Bu 1231 1171 8.66      
17 Bu 673 641 22.55      
18 Bu 260 248 57.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11024.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10493.1 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.19378 0.12847 0.07725

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.050 0.768 0.000
C2 0.050 -0.768 0.000
O3 1.122 1.371 0.000
O4 -1.122 -1.371 0.000
O5 -1.122 1.320 0.000
O6 1.122 -1.320 0.000
H7 1.808 0.678 0.000
H8 -1.808 -0.678 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53961.31832.39321.20622.39461.86042.2771
C21.53962.39321.31832.39461.20622.27711.8604
O31.31832.39323.54402.24552.69100.97493.5764
O42.39321.31833.54402.69102.24553.57640.9749
O51.20622.39462.24552.69103.46513.00022.1127
O62.39461.20622.69102.24553.46512.11273.0002
H71.86042.27710.97493.57643.00022.11273.8629
H82.27711.86043.57640.97492.11273.00023.8629

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 113.510 C1 C2 O6 120.928
C1 O3 H7 107.496 C2 C1 O3 113.510
C2 C1 O5 120.928 C2 O4 H8 107.496
O3 C1 O5 125.562 O4 C2 O6 125.562
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.486      
2 C 0.486      
3 O -0.404      
4 O -0.404      
5 O -0.467      
6 O -0.467      
7 H 0.384      
8 H 0.384      


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 -30.538 3.917 0.000
y 3.917 -43.201 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.005
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.065 3.917 0.000
y 3.917 -11.929 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.864
Polar
3z2-r29.728
x2-y212.662
xy3.917
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.111 -0.367 0.000
y -0.367 5.596 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.275


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 134.856
(<r2>)1/2 11.613