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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.990753
Energy at 298.15K-377.994846
HF Energy-377.669045
Nuclear repulsion energy233.345187
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 B2PLYP/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 3599 3416 0.00      
2 Ag 1847 1753 0.00      
3 Ag 1488 1413 0.00      
4 Ag 1249 1185 0.00      
5 Ag 834 792 0.00      
6 Ag 570 541 0.00      
7 Ag 415 394 0.00      
8 Au 722 686 218.97      
9 Au 454 431 59.10      
10 Au 130 123 5.63      
11 Bg 789 749 0.00      
12 Bg 706 671 0.00      
13 Bu 3602 3419 244.70      
14 Bu 1868 1773 349.98      
15 Bu 1372 1302 853.06      
16 Bu 1229 1166 14.72      
17 Bu 667 633 22.44      
18 Bu 274 260 53.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10906.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10352.6 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.19120 0.12809 0.07670

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.052 0.767 0.000
C2 0.052 -0.767 0.000
O3 1.130 1.372 0.000
O4 -1.130 -1.372 0.000
O5 -1.130 1.324 0.000
O6 1.130 -1.324 0.000
H7 1.807 0.661 0.000
H8 -1.807 -0.661 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53811.32832.39611.21382.40271.86212.2628
C21.53812.39611.32832.40271.21382.26281.8621
O31.32832.39613.55602.26142.69670.98183.5726
O42.39611.32833.55602.69672.26143.57260.9818
O51.21382.40272.26142.69673.48243.01142.0975
O62.40271.21382.69672.26143.48242.09753.0114
H71.86212.26280.98183.57263.01142.09753.8484
H82.26281.86213.57260.98182.09753.01143.8484

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 113.222 C1 C2 O6 121.198
C1 O3 H7 106.466 C2 C1 O3 113.222
C2 C1 O5 121.198 C2 O4 H8 106.466
O3 C1 O5 125.580 O4 C2 O6 125.580
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.553      
2 C 0.553      
3 O -0.564      
4 O -0.564      
5 O -0.446      
6 O -0.446      
7 H 0.458      
8 H 0.458      


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 -29.968 3.408 0.000
y 3.408 -42.190 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.359
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.807 3.408 0.000
y 3.408 -11.527 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.720
Polar
3z2-r29.440
x2-y212.223
xy3.408
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.351 -0.294 0.000
y -0.294 4.604 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.318


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.143
(<r2>)1/2 11.625