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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-74.945625
Energy at 298.15K-74.949878
HF Energy-74.945625
Nuclear repulsion energy126.840853
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/CEP-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 4058 3644 0.00      
2 Ag 2065 1855 0.00      
3 Ag 1615 1450 0.00      
4 Ag 1339 1203 0.00      
5 Ag 914 821 0.00      
6 Ag 602 541 0.00      
7 Ag 450 404 0.00      
8 Au 667 599 278.50      
9 Au 518 465 106.64      
10 Au 116 104 8.64      
11 Bg 916 823 0.00      
12 Bg 659 592 0.00      
13 Bu 4061 3646 351.03      
14 Bu 2045 1837 808.31      
15 Bu 1461 1312 1052.36      
16 Bu 1303 1170 14.65      
17 Bu 726 652 33.31      
18 Bu 293 263 51.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11903.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10688.9 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/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.19665 0.12652 0.07699

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.049 0.777 0.000
C2 0.049 -0.777 0.000
O3 1.114 1.390 0.000
O4 -1.114 -1.390 0.000
O5 -1.114 1.317 0.000
O6 1.114 -1.317 0.000
H7 1.820 0.743 0.000
H8 -1.820 -0.743 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.55701.31482.41401.19372.39511.86982.3336
C21.55702.41401.31482.39511.19372.33361.8698
O31.31482.41403.56202.22922.70620.95753.6272
O42.41401.31483.56202.70622.22923.62720.9575
O51.19372.39512.22922.70623.44942.98972.1772
O62.39511.19372.70622.22923.44942.17722.9897
H71.86982.33360.95753.62722.98972.17723.9318
H82.33361.86983.62720.95752.17722.98973.9318

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 114.138 C1 C2 O6 120.514
C1 O3 H7 109.744 C2 C1 O3 114.138
C2 C1 O5 120.514 C2 O4 H8 109.744
O3 C1 O5 125.347 O4 C2 O6 125.347
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.121      
2 C 0.121      
3 O -0.400      
4 O -0.400      
5 O -0.215      
6 O -0.215      
7 H 0.494      
8 H 0.494      


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 -30.317 4.368 0.000
y 4.368 -44.413 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.561
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.670 4.368 0.000
y 4.368 -13.474 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.803
Polar
3z2-r211.607
x2-y214.096
xy4.368
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.820 -0.538 0.000
y -0.538 4.258 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.644


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 108.466
(<r2>)1/2 10.415