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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.936580
Energy at 298.15K-377.940585
HF Energy-377.936580
Nuclear repulsion energy232.224869
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 PBEPBE/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 3388 3340 0.00      
2 Ag 1788 1762 0.00      
3 Ag 1435 1415 0.00      
4 Ag 1199 1182 0.00      
5 Ag 804 793 0.00      
6 Ag 553 545 0.00      
7 Ag 392 386 0.00      
8 Au 746 735 184.30      
9 Au 431 425 44.34      
10 Au 136 134 4.96      
11 Bg 771 760 0.00      
12 Bg 721 711 0.00      
13 Bu 3393 3344 213.50      
14 Bu 1824 1797 315.41      
15 Bu 1336 1316 785.82      
16 Bu 1195 1178 13.06      
17 Bu 642 633 19.69      
18 Bu 259 255 56.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10505.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10355.3 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.18835 0.12763 0.07608

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.054 0.771 0.000
C2 0.054 -0.771 0.000
O3 1.140 1.370 0.000
O4 -1.140 -1.370 0.000
O5 -1.140 1.333 0.000
O6 1.140 -1.333 0.000
H7 1.796 0.621 0.000
H8 -1.796 -0.621 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54561.33542.40101.22272.41841.85532.2297
C21.54562.40101.33542.41841.22272.22971.8553
O31.33542.40103.56472.27962.70290.99603.5469
O42.40101.33543.56472.70292.27963.54690.9960
O51.22272.41842.27962.70293.50693.02032.0606
O62.41841.22272.70292.27963.50692.06063.0203
H71.85532.22970.99603.54693.02032.06063.7998
H82.22971.85533.54690.99602.06063.02033.7998

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 112.696 C1 C2 O6 121.324
C1 O3 H7 104.519 C2 C1 O3 112.696
C2 C1 O5 121.324 C2 O4 H8 104.519
O3 C1 O5 125.980 O4 C2 O6 125.980
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.506      
2 C 0.506      
3 O -0.510      
4 O -0.510      
5 O -0.426      
6 O -0.426      
7 H 0.431      
8 H 0.431      


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 -29.943 3.276 0.000
y 3.276 -41.186 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.321
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.311 3.276 0.000
y 3.276 -10.553 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.243
Polar
3z2-r28.486
x2-y211.243
xy3.276
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.588 -0.180 0.000
y -0.180 4.961 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.374


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.734
(<r2>)1/2 11.651