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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.175179
Energy at 298.15K-378.179281
HF Energy-378.175179
Nuclear repulsion energy234.112766
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3591 3435 0.00      
2 Ag 1877 1795 0.00      
3 Ag 1490 1426 0.00      
4 Ag 1243 1189 0.00      
5 Ag 838 802 0.00      
6 Ag 570 545 0.00      
7 Ag 408 390 0.00      
8 Au 734 703 214.17      
9 Au 455 435 56.93      
10 Au 133 127 5.92      
11 Bg 800 765 0.00      
12 Bg 721 690 0.00      
13 Bu 3595 3439 246.47      
14 Bu 1899 1817 403.11      
15 Bu 1371 1312 867.62      
16 Bu 1238 1185 6.76      
17 Bu 670 641 22.67      
18 Bu 266 254 57.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10949.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10475.1 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.19227 0.12901 0.07721

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.052 0.768 0.000
C2 0.052 -0.768 0.000
O3 1.127 1.366 0.000
O4 -1.127 -1.366 0.000
O5 -1.127 1.320 0.000
O6 1.127 -1.320 0.000
H7 1.798 0.649 0.000
H8 -1.798 -0.649 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53941.32212.38941.20912.39831.85372.2488
C21.53942.38941.32212.39831.20912.24881.8537
O31.32212.38943.54182.25512.68620.98163.5521
O42.38941.32213.54182.68622.25513.55210.9816
O51.20912.39832.25512.68623.47253.00152.0806
O62.39831.20912.68622.25513.47252.08063.0015
H71.85372.24880.98163.55213.00152.08063.8232
H82.24881.85373.55210.98162.08063.00153.8232

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 113.021 C1 C2 O6 121.054
C1 O3 H7 106.217 C2 C1 O3 113.021
C2 C1 O5 121.054 C2 O4 H8 106.217
O3 C1 O5 125.925 O4 C2 O6 125.925
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.560      
2 C 0.560      
3 O -0.557      
4 O -0.557      
5 O -0.460      
6 O -0.460      
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 -29.733 3.509 0.000
y 3.509 -41.672 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.139
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.672 3.509 0.000
y 3.509 -11.236 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.563
Polar
3z2-r29.127
x2-y211.939
xy3.509
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.273 -0.269 0.000
y -0.269 4.616 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.339


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 134.177
(<r2>)1/2 11.583