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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.966698
Energy at 298.15K-377.970897
HF Energy-377.966698
Nuclear repulsion energy235.084194
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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
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 3617 3478 0.00      
2 Ag 1894 1821 0.00      
3 Ag 1509 1451 0.00      
4 Ag 1251 1203 0.00      
5 Ag 855 822 0.00      
6 Ag 578 555 0.00      
7 Ag 407 391 0.00      
8 Au 741 713 184.67      
9 Au 470 452 45.15      
10 Au 142 136 5.66      
11 Bg 847 815 0.00      
12 Bg 742 713 0.00      
13 Bu 3624 3484 298.29      
14 Bu 1911 1837 460.05      
15 Bu 1385 1331 817.28      
16 Bu 1244 1196 9.17      
17 Bu 679 652 21.93      
18 Bu 260 250 60.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11076.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10650.2 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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.19346 0.13038 0.07789

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.052 0.764 0.000
C2 0.052 -0.764 0.000
O3 1.124 1.358 0.000
O4 -1.124 -1.358 0.000
O5 -1.124 1.315 0.000
O6 1.124 -1.315 0.000
H7 1.778 0.627 0.000
H8 -1.778 -0.627 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53241.31732.37831.20572.38861.83472.2174
C21.53242.37831.31732.38861.20572.21741.8347
O31.31732.37833.52642.24932.67270.98073.5164
O42.37831.31733.52642.67272.24933.51640.9807
O51.20572.38862.24932.67273.45982.98282.0486
O62.38861.20572.67272.24933.45982.04862.9828
H71.83472.21740.98073.51642.98282.04863.7707
H82.21741.83473.51640.98072.04862.98283.7707

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 112.927 C1 C2 O6 121.005
C1 O3 H7 105.009 C2 C1 O3 112.927
C2 C1 O5 121.005 C2 O4 H8 105.009
O3 C1 O5 126.067 O4 C2 O6 126.067
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.180      
2 C 0.180      
3 O -0.121      
4 O -0.121      
5 O -0.238      
6 O -0.238      
7 H 0.179      
8 H 0.179      


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 -30.051 3.495 0.000
y 3.495 -41.167 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.087
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.076 3.495 0.000
y 3.495 -10.598 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.522
Polar
3z2-r29.044
x2-y211.116
xy3.495
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.138 -0.253 0.000
y -0.253 4.569 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.356


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 133.075
(<r2>)1/2 11.536