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

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-374.906855
Energy at 298.15K-374.910951
HF Energy-374.244019
Nuclear repulsion energy230.153547
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 CCD/3-21G
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 3512 3415 0.00      
2 Ag 1823 1772 0.00      
3 Ag 1395 1357 0.00      
4 Ag 1231 1196 0.00      
5 Ag 783 761 0.00      
6 Ag 569 553 0.00      
7 Ag 417 405 0.00      
8 Au 656 638 326.50      
9 Au 470 457 48.42      
10 Au 158 154 2.11      
11 Bg 809 786 0.00      
12 Bg 651 633 0.00      
13 Bu 3513 3416 147.16      
14 Bu 1849 1798 179.25      
15 Bu 1318 1282 751.39      
16 Bu 1193 1160 129.80      
17 Bu 671 652 23.66      
18 Bu 266 259 55.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10641.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9723) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10346.8 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 CCD/3-21G
ABC
0.18502 0.12560 0.07481

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.058 0.768 0.000
C2 0.058 -0.768 0.000
O3 1.148 1.394 0.000
O4 -1.148 -1.394 0.000
O5 -1.148 1.329 0.000
O6 1.148 -1.329 0.000
H7 1.866 0.704 0.000
H8 -1.866 -0.704 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54121.35882.42191.22642.41981.92452.3316
C21.54122.42191.35882.41981.22642.33161.9245
O31.35882.42193.61222.29782.72320.99533.6723
O42.42191.35883.61222.72322.29783.67230.9953
O51.22642.41982.29782.72323.51343.07832.1560
O62.41981.22642.72322.29783.51342.15603.0783
H71.92452.33160.99533.67233.07832.15603.9881
H82.33161.92453.67230.99532.15603.07833.9881

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 113.107 C1 C2 O6 121.515
C1 O3 H7 108.698 C2 C1 O3 113.107
C2 C1 O5 121.515 C2 O4 H8 108.698
O3 C1 O5 125.378 O4 C2 O6 125.378
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability