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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.024374
Energy at 298.15K-378.028555
HF Energy-378.024374
Nuclear repulsion energy235.169466
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/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 3674 3522 0.00      
2 Ag 1889 1811 0.00      
3 Ag 1493 1431 0.00      
4 Ag 1241 1190 0.00      
5 Ag 848 813 0.00      
6 Ag 575 551 0.00      
7 Ag 417 399 0.00      
8 Au 734 704 239.00      
9 Au 468 449 60.56      
10 Au 133 127 6.20      
11 Bg 839 804 0.00      
12 Bg 726 696 0.00      
13 Bu 3677 3524 209.97      
14 Bu 1906 1827 476.96      
15 Bu 1375 1318 896.58      
16 Bu 1233 1182 8.92      
17 Bu 684 655 24.88      
18 Bu 274 263 57.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11092.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10631.7 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
0.19462 0.12962 0.07780

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.053 0.767 0.000
C2 0.053 -0.767 0.000
O3 1.120 1.364 0.000
O4 -1.120 -1.364 0.000
O5 -1.120 1.315 0.000
O6 1.120 -1.315 0.000
H7 1.799 0.667 0.000
H8 -1.799 -0.667 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53841.31562.38331.19962.38991.85422.2599
C21.53842.38331.31562.38991.19962.25991.8542
O31.31562.38333.52912.24062.67850.97233.5559
O42.38331.31563.52912.67852.24063.55590.9723
O51.19962.38992.24062.67853.45472.98992.0953
O62.38991.19962.67852.24063.45472.09532.9899
H71.85422.25990.97233.55592.98992.09533.8372
H82.25991.85423.55590.97232.09532.98993.8372

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 113.016 C1 C2 O6 121.091
C1 O3 H7 107.329 C2 C1 O3 113.016
C2 C1 O5 121.091 C2 O4 H8 107.329
O3 C1 O5 125.893 O4 C2 O6 125.893
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.362      
2 C 0.362      
3 O -0.467      
4 O -0.467      
5 O -0.333      
6 O -0.333      
7 H 0.437      
8 H 0.437      


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 -29.925 3.567 0.000
y 3.567 -42.641 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.451
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.121 3.567 0.000
y 3.567 -11.953 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.832
Polar
3z2-r29.663
x2-y212.716
xy3.567
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.284 -0.301 0.000
y -0.301 4.626 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.482


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 133.677
(<r2>)1/2 11.562