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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-121G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-76.293438
Energy at 298.15K-76.297268
HF Energy-76.293438
Nuclear repulsion energy122.969908
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 B3LYP/CEP-121G
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 3559 3468 0.00      
2 Ag 1703 1660 0.00      
3 Ag 1314 1280 0.00      
4 Ag 1166 1136 0.00      
5 Ag 769 750 0.00      
6 Ag 536 522 0.00      
7 Ag 385 375 0.00      
8 Au 647 631 328.74      
9 Au 427 416 74.59      
10 Au 112 109 6.73      
11 Bg 757 737 0.00      
12 Bg 632 616 0.00      
13 Bu 3557 3467 171.76      
14 Bu 1720 1677 362.55      
15 Bu 1205 1174 762.73      
16 Bu 1136 1107 94.60      
17 Bu 624 608 22.88      
18 Bu 240 234 58.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10243.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9745) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9982.7 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 B3LYP/CEP-121G
ABC
0.18241 0.12141 0.07289

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.053 0.778 0.000
C2 0.053 -0.778 0.000
O3 1.156 1.418 0.000
O4 -1.156 -1.418 0.000
O5 -1.156 1.351 0.000
O6 1.156 -1.351 0.000
H7 1.905 0.774 0.000
H8 -1.905 -0.774 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.56001.36762.45731.24262.44831.95822.4164
C21.56002.45731.36762.44831.24262.41641.9582
O31.36762.45733.65832.31252.76870.98803.7646
O42.45731.36763.65832.76872.31253.76460.9880
O51.24262.44832.31252.76873.55573.11482.2530
O62.44831.24262.76872.31253.55572.25303.1148
H71.95822.41640.98803.76463.11482.25304.1126
H82.41641.95823.76460.98802.25303.11484.1126

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 113.982 C1 C2 O6 121.347
C1 O3 H7 111.445 C2 C1 O3 113.982
C2 C1 O5 121.347 C2 O4 H8 111.445
O3 C1 O5 124.671 O4 C2 O6 124.671
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.031      
2 C 0.031      
3 O -0.303      
4 O -0.303      
5 O -0.130      
6 O -0.130      
7 H 0.403      
8 H 0.403      


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 -30.292 4.187 0.000
y 4.187 -46.559 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.293
Traceless
 xyz
x 9.134 4.187 0.000
y 4.187 -15.266 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.132
Polar
3z2-r212.264
x2-y216.267
xy4.187
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.173 -0.436 0.000
y -0.436 4.971 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.592


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 114.126
(<r2>)1/2 10.683