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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.427406
Energy at 298.15K-378.431526
HF Energy-378.427406
Nuclear repulsion energy233.919860
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/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 3632 3510 0.00      
2 Ag 1845 1783 0.00      
3 Ag 1455 1406 0.00      
4 Ag 1221 1180 0.00      
5 Ag 826 798 0.00      
6 Ag 566 547 0.00      
7 Ag 411 397 0.00      
8 Au 718 693 234.20      
9 Au 463 447 61.39      
10 Au 129 125 6.04      
11 Bg 826 798 0.00      
12 Bg 708 684 0.00      
13 Bu 3634 3511 187.01      
14 Bu 1864 1801 442.28      
15 Bu 1353 1307 876.13      
16 Bu 1204 1163 24.96      
17 Bu 677 654 24.12      
18 Bu 271 262 54.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10900.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10532.9 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.19330 0.12769 0.07689

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.055 0.771 0.000
C2 0.055 -0.771 0.000
O3 1.124 1.376 0.000
O4 -1.124 -1.376 0.000
O5 -1.124 1.322 0.000
O6 1.124 -1.322 0.000
H7 1.813 0.687 0.000
H8 -1.813 -0.687 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54651.32462.39921.20262.40221.86922.2841
C21.54652.39921.32462.40221.20262.28411.8692
O31.32462.39923.55382.24802.69850.97493.5888
O42.39921.32463.55382.69852.24803.58880.9749
O51.20262.40222.24802.69853.47013.00432.1238
O62.40221.20262.69852.24803.47012.12383.0043
H71.86922.28410.97493.58883.00432.12383.8769
H82.28411.86923.58880.97492.12383.00433.8769

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 113.135 C1 C2 O6 121.304
C1 O3 H7 107.789 C2 C1 O3 113.135
C2 C1 O5 121.304 C2 O4 H8 107.789
O3 C1 O5 125.562 O4 C2 O6 125.562
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.348      
2 C 0.348      
3 O -0.456      
4 O -0.456      
5 O -0.317      
6 O -0.317      
7 H 0.425      
8 H 0.425      


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 -30.059 3.612 0.000
y 3.612 -42.884 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.544
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.155 3.612 0.000
y 3.612 -12.083 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.928
Polar
3z2-r29.856
x2-y212.825
xy3.612
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.391 -0.281 0.000
y -0.281 4.712 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.488


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.129
(<r2>)1/2 11.625