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All results from a given calculation for C2H3NO3 (Oxamic acid)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no H out 1A'
1 2 yes H in 1A'

Conformer 1 (H out)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-356.544857
Energy at 298.15K-356.550122
HF Energy-356.544857
Nuclear repulsion energy235.094608
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 HF/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 A' 4050 3639 135.94      
2 A' 3976 3572 103.32      
3 A' 3843 3453 89.00      
4 A' 2047 1839 7.90      
5 A' 2008 1804 852.23      
6 A' 1786 1605 133.95      
7 A' 1589 1428 20.08      
8 A' 1445 1298 101.54      
9 A' 1332 1197 373.57      
10 A' 1212 1089 6.03      
11 A' 861 774 11.27      
12 A' 671 603 99.92      
13 A' 580 521 0.10      
14 A' 453 407 3.21      
15 A' 297 267 16.31      
16 A" 918 825 4.24      
17 A" 714 642 208.90      
18 A" 654 588 29.43      
19 A" 479 430 13.95      
20 A" 333 299 306.60      
21 A" 53 48 1.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14650.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13163.0 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.20217 0.12261 0.07632

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.753 0.000
C2 -0.055 -0.783 0.000
O3 -1.087 -1.376 0.000
O4 1.024 1.356 0.000
O5 -1.189 1.303 0.000
N6 1.171 -1.324 0.000
H7 1.259 -2.315 0.000
H8 1.983 -0.752 0.000
H9 -1.086 2.251 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53722.39091.18811.31042.38483.31642.48941.8497
C21.53721.19072.39532.37471.33992.01822.03823.2039
O32.39091.19073.45252.68132.25872.52703.13323.6265
O41.18812.39533.45252.21402.68403.67822.31532.2920
O51.31042.37472.68132.21403.53204.36873.77980.9528
N62.38481.33992.25872.68403.53200.99450.99384.2277
H73.31642.01822.52703.67824.36870.99451.72295.1325
H82.48942.03823.13322.31533.77980.99381.72294.2934
H91.84973.20393.62652.29200.95284.22775.13254.2934

picture of Oxamic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 121.923 C1 C2 N6 111.788
C1 O5 H9 108.601 C2 C1 O4 122.513
C2 C1 O5 112.773 C2 N6 H7 118.912
C2 N6 H8 120.981 O3 C2 N6 126.289
O4 C1 O5 124.714 H7 N6 H8 120.107
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.694      
2 C 0.682      
3 O -0.557      
4 O -0.556      
5 O -0.658      
6 N -0.914      
7 H 0.407      
8 H 0.427      
9 H 0.475      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.222 0.752 0.000 2.346
CHELPG 0.217 2.334 0.002 2.345
AIM        
ESP 2.230 0.737 0.000 2.348


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.781 -10.419 0.000
y -10.419 -28.325 0.004
z 0.000 0.004 -33.092
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.072 -10.419 0.000
y -10.419 6.111 0.004
z 0.000 0.004 -1.039
Polar
3z2-r2-2.078
x2-y2-7.456
xy-10.419
xz0.000
yz0.004


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.892 0.091 0.001
y 0.091 5.058 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 2.388


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.497
(<r2>)1/2 11.811

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-356.549331
Energy at 298.15K-356.554852
HF Energy-356.549331
Nuclear repulsion energy236.343580
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 HF/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 A' 3981 3577 192.68      
2 A' 3965 3562 99.02      
3 A' 3833 3444 97.97      
4 A' 2081 1870 247.67      
5 A' 1982 1781 564.58      
6 A' 1789 1607 93.54      
7 A' 1608 1445 172.37      
8 A' 1468 1319 551.69      
9 A' 1335 1200 12.18      
10 A' 1216 1093 0.76      
11 A' 890 800 9.93      
12 A' 688 618 25.93      
13 A' 595 535 3.47      
14 A' 449 404 6.67      
15 A' 304 273 40.13      
16 A" 903 812 0.03      
17 A" 726 653 165.12      
18 A" 693 623 12.21      
19 A" 518 465 171.97      
20 A" 404 363 200.83      
21 A" 107 96 6.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14767.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13268.9 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.19686 0.12765 0.07744

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.004 -0.791 0.000
C2 0.000 0.746 0.000
O3 -1.052 1.326 0.000
O4 1.004 -1.422 0.000
O5 -1.203 -1.298 0.000
N6 1.213 1.289 0.000
H7 1.309 2.280 0.000
H8 2.021 0.709 0.000
H9 -1.841 -0.586 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53712.36541.18281.30852.40643.33672.51371.8558
C21.53711.20082.38952.37151.32912.01642.02132.2718
O32.36541.20083.43192.62812.26482.54593.13392.0679
O41.18282.38953.43192.21012.71983.71472.36132.9651
O51.30852.37152.62812.21013.53964.37123.79710.9563
N62.40641.32912.26482.71983.53960.99500.99513.5833
H73.33672.01642.54593.71474.37120.99501.72494.2580
H82.51372.02133.13392.36133.79710.99511.72494.0728
H91.85582.27182.06792.96510.95633.58334.25804.0728

picture of Oxamic acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 119.014 C1 C2 N6 113.993
C1 O5 H9 109.063 C2 C1 O4 122.396
C2 C1 O5 112.649 C2 N6 H7 119.668
C2 N6 H8 120.166 O3 C2 N6 126.993
O4 C1 O5 124.955 H7 N6 H8 120.166
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.729      
2 C 0.661      
3 O -0.612      
4 O -0.536      
5 O -0.691      
6 N -0.904      
7 H 0.412      
8 H 0.434      
9 H 0.505      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.355 2.565 0.000 2.901
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.388 7.536 0.000
y 7.536 -38.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.057
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.223 7.536 0.000
y 7.536 -6.443 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.220
Polar
3z2-r22.439
x2-y27.777
xy7.536
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.148 -0.225 0.000
y -0.225 4.704 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.380


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.617
(<r2>)1/2 11.731