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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ

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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.381845
Energy at 298.15K-378.386015
HF Energy-378.381845
Nuclear repulsion energy235.370228
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/cc-pVTZ
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 3678 3528 0.00      
2 Ag 1872 1796 0.00      
3 Ag 1476 1416 0.00      
4 Ag 1241 1190 0.00      
5 Ag 844 810 0.00      
6 Ag 572 549 0.00      
7 Ag 406 390 0.00      
8 Au 731 701 183.36      
9 Au 471 452 48.14      
10 Au 130 124 6.51      
11 Bg 851 816 0.00      
12 Bg 731 701 0.00      
13 Bu 3682 3532 267.15      
14 Bu 1894 1817 482.62      
15 Bu 1358 1303 828.97      
16 Bu 1232 1182 3.93      
17 Bu 682 654 22.07      
18 Bu 259 248 58.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11055.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9592) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10603.9 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.19515 0.12971 0.07792

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.053 0.766 0.000
C2 0.053 -0.766 0.000
O3 1.119 1.364 0.000
O4 -1.119 -1.364 0.000
O5 -1.119 1.315 0.000
O6 1.119 -1.315 0.000
H7 1.788 0.658 0.000
H8 -1.788 -0.658 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53531.31572.38151.19882.38791.84452.2447
C21.53532.38151.31572.38791.19882.24471.8445
O31.31572.38153.52812.23842.67850.97253.5412
O42.38151.31573.52812.67852.23843.54120.9725
O51.19882.38792.23842.67853.45272.98032.0833
O62.38791.19882.67852.23843.45272.08332.9803
H71.84452.24470.97253.54122.98032.08333.8110
H82.24471.84453.54120.97252.08332.98033.8110

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 113.066 C1 C2 O6 121.212
C1 O3 H7 106.457 C2 C1 O3 113.066
C2 C1 O5 121.212 C2 O4 H8 106.457
O3 C1 O5 125.722 O4 C2 O6 125.722
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.238      
2 C 0.238      
3 O -0.179      
4 O -0.179      
5 O -0.287      
6 O -0.287      
7 H 0.229      
8 H 0.229      


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 -30.262 3.778 0.000
y 3.778 -41.471 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.399
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.173 3.778 0.000
y 3.778 -10.640 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.468
Polar
3z2-r28.935
x2-y211.209
xy3.778
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.641 -0.281 0.000
y -0.281 5.353 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.090


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 133.281
(<r2>)1/2 11.545