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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-76.426869
Energy at 298.15K-76.430825
HF Energy-76.426869
Nuclear repulsion energy124.773433
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 B3LYP/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 3644 3519 0.00      
2 Ag 1834 1771 0.00      
3 Ag 1445 1396 0.00      
4 Ag 1211 1170 0.00      
5 Ag 813 785 0.00      
6 Ag 546 527 0.00      
7 Ag 397 384 0.00      
8 Au 679 656 220.60      
9 Au 446 431 58.20      
10 Au 120 116 6.66      
11 Bg 799 772 0.00      
12 Bg 668 646 0.00      
13 Bu 3646 3521 222.27      
14 Bu 1848 1785 478.18      
15 Bu 1334 1288 874.19      
16 Bu 1188 1147 19.73      
17 Bu 653 630 22.54      
18 Bu 257 248 53.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10764.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10395.5 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.18838 0.12380 0.07471

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.054 0.784 0.000
C2 0.054 -0.784 0.000
O3 1.139 1.397 0.000
O4 -1.139 -1.397 0.000
O5 -1.139 1.344 0.000
O6 1.139 -1.344 0.000
H7 1.823 0.688 0.000
H8 -1.823 -0.688 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.57141.34092.43591.22122.43921.87892.3015
C21.57142.43591.34092.43921.22122.30151.8789
O31.34092.43593.60472.27832.74090.98483.6221
O42.43591.34093.60472.74092.27833.62210.9848
O51.22122.43922.27832.74093.52313.03332.1443
O62.43921.22122.74092.27833.52312.14433.0333
H71.87892.30150.98483.62213.03332.14433.8968
H82.30151.87893.62210.98482.14433.03333.8968

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 113.289 C1 C2 O6 121.217
C1 O3 H7 106.776 C2 C1 O3 113.289
C2 C1 O5 121.217 C2 O4 H8 106.776
O3 C1 O5 125.494 O4 C2 O6 125.494
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.062      
2 C -0.062      
3 O -0.260      
4 O -0.260      
5 O -0.105      
6 O -0.105      
7 H 0.427      
8 H 0.427      


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 -30.017 3.818 0.000
y 3.818 -43.219 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.780
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.483 3.818 0.000
y 3.818 -12.320 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.838
Polar
3z2-r29.675
x2-y213.202
xy3.818
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.599 -0.348 0.000
y -0.348 5.098 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.771


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 110.613
(<r2>)1/2 10.517