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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.340358
Energy at 298.15K-377.344447
HF Energy-376.363175
Nuclear repulsion energy232.935929
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 QCISD/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 3643 3470 0.00      
2 Ag 1892 1801 0.00      
3 Ag 1510 1438 0.00      
4 Ag 1272 1211 0.00      
5 Ag 843 803 0.00      
6 Ag 573 545 0.00      
7 Ag 424 403 0.00      
8 Au 697 664 236.78      
9 Au 457 435 68.61      
10 Au 123 117 5.50      
11 Bg 782 745 0.00      
12 Bg 681 648 0.00      
13 Bu 3647 3473 242.75      
14 Bu 1894 1804 374.51      
15 Bu 1386 1320 854.59      
16 Bu 1237 1178 23.45      
17 Bu 670 639 24.42      
18 Bu 283 269 49.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11005.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10480.7 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.19129 0.12712 0.07637

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.052 0.769 0.000
C2 0.052 -0.769 0.000
O3 1.130 1.382 0.000
O4 -1.130 -1.382 0.000
O5 -1.130 1.324 0.000
O6 1.130 -1.324 0.000
H7 1.819 0.683 0.000
H8 -1.819 -0.683 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54101.33152.40561.21282.40381.87312.2867
C21.54102.40561.33152.40381.21282.28671.8731
O31.33152.40563.57002.26062.70620.98193.5998
O42.40561.33153.57002.70622.26063.59980.9819
O51.21282.40382.26062.70623.48193.01822.1220
O62.40381.21282.70622.26063.48192.12203.0182
H71.87312.28670.98193.59983.01822.12203.8860
H82.28671.87313.59980.98192.12203.01823.8860

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 113.551 C1 C2 O6 121.135
C1 O3 H7 107.167 C2 C1 O3 113.551
C2 C1 O5 121.135 C2 O4 H8 107.167
O3 C1 O5 125.314 O4 C2 O6 125.314
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability