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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.387232
Energy at 298.15K-358.391989
HF Energy-358.387232
Nuclear repulsion energy229.333815
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 BLYP/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' 3613 3583 53.99      
2 A' 3518 3490 34.67      
3 A' 3481 3453 39.30      
4 A' 1751 1737 94.60      
5 A' 1731 1717 350.41      
6 A' 1564 1551 121.90      
7 A' 1363 1352 4.06      
8 A' 1278 1267 37.85      
9 A' 1139 1130 277.18      
10 A' 1061 1053 2.50      
11 A' 738 732 5.91      
12 A' 586 581 63.42      
13 A' 503 499 0.64      
14 A' 398 394 4.60      
15 A' 259 257 13.86      
16 A" 778 772 5.09      
17 A" 677 671 126.65      
18 A" 629 624 8.23      
19 A" 410 407 6.83      
20 A" 256 254 234.11      
21 A" 63 63 0.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12898.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12793.6 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.19029 0.11823 0.07292

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.767 0.000
C2 -0.057 -0.797 0.000
O3 -1.105 -1.432 0.000
O4 1.045 1.402 0.000
O5 -1.233 1.303 0.000
N6 1.208 -1.321 0.000
H7 1.326 -2.330 0.000
H8 2.022 -0.710 0.000
H9 -1.127 2.279 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.56532.46091.22351.34492.41203.36912.50371.8861
C21.56531.22542.46052.40791.36882.06442.07993.2575
O32.46091.22543.55792.73862.31562.59163.20843.7115
O41.22352.46053.55792.28082.72803.74322.32742.3427
O51.34492.40792.73862.28083.58414.44453.82730.9816
N62.41201.36882.31562.72803.58411.01641.01684.2910
H73.36912.06442.59163.74324.44451.01641.76265.2216
H82.50372.07993.20842.32743.82731.01681.76264.3418
H91.88613.25753.71152.34270.98164.29105.22164.3418

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 123.272 C1 C2 N6 110.404
C1 O5 H9 107.302 C2 C1 O4 123.369
C2 C1 O5 111.440 C2 N6 H7 119.151
C2 N6 H8 120.640 O3 C2 N6 126.325
O4 C1 O5 125.191 H7 N6 H8 120.209
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.486      
2 C 0.517      
3 O -0.453      
4 O -0.445      
5 O -0.490      
6 N -0.679      
7 H 0.329      
8 H 0.341      
9 H 0.394      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.150 0.615 0.000 2.236
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.169 -9.848 0.000
y -9.848 -28.069 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.063
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.603 -9.848 0.000
y -9.848 5.547 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.944
Polar
3z2-r2-3.887
x2-y2-6.100
xy-9.848
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.909 -0.299 0.000
y -0.299 6.415 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.486


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 144.487
(<r2>)1/2 12.020

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.393940
Energy at 298.15K-358.398994
HF Energy-358.393940
Nuclear repulsion energy230.905708
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 BLYP/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' 3603 3574 61.14      
2 A' 3475 3447 48.22      
3 A' 3306 3279 114.88      
4 A' 1786 1772 186.03      
5 A' 1723 1709 219.23      
6 A' 1566 1554 69.36      
7 A' 1403 1391 290.01      
8 A' 1313 1303 226.93      
9 A' 1161 1151 21.47      
10 A' 1069 1060 3.67      
11 A' 763 757 9.06      
12 A' 606 601 9.87      
13 A' 522 518 1.27      
14 A' 391 388 7.36      
15 A' 266 263 39.41      
16 A" 783 776 52.05      
17 A" 746 740 44.41      
18 A" 653 648 2.67      
19 A" 437 434 85.19      
20 A" 324 322 175.02      
21 A" 118 117 2.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13006.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12901.2 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.18539 0.12379 0.07423

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.005 -0.808 0.000
C2 0.000 0.759 0.000
O3 -1.070 1.378 0.000
O4 1.018 -1.483 0.000
O5 -1.242 -1.296 0.000
N6 1.248 1.292 0.000
H7 1.373 2.301 0.000
H8 2.058 0.675 0.000
H9 -1.846 -0.515 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.56642.43571.21771.33982.43973.39612.53231.8736
C21.56641.23642.46222.40161.35732.06462.05962.2425
O32.43571.23643.54212.68002.32012.61153.20602.0456
O41.21772.46223.54212.26832.78413.80052.39563.0229
O51.33982.40162.68002.26833.59194.44763.84440.9872
N62.43971.35732.32012.78413.59191.01701.01753.5827
H73.39612.06462.61153.80054.44761.01701.76424.2764
H82.53232.05963.20602.39563.84441.01751.76424.0808
H91.87362.24252.04563.02290.98723.58274.27644.0808

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 120.238 C1 C2 N6 112.927
C1 O5 H9 106.257 C2 C1 O4 123.874
C2 C1 O5 111.218 C2 N6 H7 120.142
C2 N6 H8 119.602 O3 C2 N6 126.836
O4 C1 O5 124.908 H7 N6 H8 120.256
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.522      
2 C 0.505      
3 O -0.492      
4 O -0.436      
5 O -0.520      
6 N -0.676      
7 H 0.336      
8 H 0.351      
9 H 0.410      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.577 2.649 0.000 3.082
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.920 6.956 0.000
y 6.956 -36.549 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.021
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.865 6.956 0.000
y 6.956 -5.079 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.214
Polar
3z2-r20.429
x2-y26.629
xy6.956
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.261 0.138 0.000
y 0.138 5.862 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.474


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 141.977
(<r2>)1/2 11.915