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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.936593
Energy at 298.15K-377.940602
HF Energy-377.936593
Nuclear repulsion energy232.226090
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3387 3331 0.00      
2 Ag 1788 1759 0.00      
3 Ag 1435 1411 0.00      
4 Ag 1200 1180 0.00      
5 Ag 805 791 0.00      
6 Ag 553 544 0.00      
7 Ag 392 386 0.00      
8 Au 747 735 184.35      
9 Au 431 424 44.52      
10 Au 136 134 4.95      
11 Bg 771 759 0.00      
12 Bg 722 710 0.00      
13 Bu 3392 3336 213.06      
14 Bu 1823 1793 315.35      
15 Bu 1335 1313 785.70      
16 Bu 1194 1175 13.29      
17 Bu 642 632 19.69      
18 Bu 260 256 56.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10506.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10333.1 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.18836 0.12763 0.07608

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/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 1.371 0.000
O4 -1.140 -1.371 0.000
O5 -1.140 1.332 0.000
O6 1.140 -1.332 0.000
H7 1.796 0.622 0.000
H8 -1.796 -0.622 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54521.33552.40101.22262.41791.85572.2306
C21.54522.40101.33552.41791.22262.23061.8557
O31.33552.40103.56502.27952.70290.99603.5479
O42.40101.33553.56502.70292.27953.54790.9960
O51.22262.41792.27952.70293.50643.02052.0613
O62.41791.22262.70292.27953.50642.06133.0205
H71.85572.23060.99603.54793.02052.06133.8014
H82.23061.85573.54790.99602.06133.02053.8014

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 112.716 C1 C2 O6 121.316
C1 O3 H7 104.547 C2 C1 O3 112.716
C2 C1 O5 121.316 C2 O4 H8 104.547
O3 C1 O5 125.968 O4 C2 O6 125.968
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.506      
2 C 0.506      
3 O -0.511      
4 O -0.511      
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 -29.934 3.280 0.000
y 3.280 -41.186 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.321
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.320 3.280 0.000
y 3.280 -10.559 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.239
Polar
3z2-r28.478
x2-y211.252
xy3.280
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.589 -0.179 0.000
y -0.179 4.961 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.374


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.732
(<r2>)1/2 11.650