return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G*

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-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-74.957344
Energy at 298.15K-74.961617
HF Energy-74.957344
Nuclear repulsion energy127.197942
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-121G*
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 4040 3649 0.00      
2 Ag 2036 1840 0.00      
3 Ag 1603 1448 0.00      
4 Ag 1339 1210 0.00      
5 Ag 907 819 0.00      
6 Ag 604 546 0.00      
7 Ag 448 405 0.00      
8 Au 680 614 280.89      
9 Au 512 463 102.34      
10 Au 113 102 8.01      
11 Bg 910 822 0.00      
12 Bg 672 607 0.00      
13 Bu 4042 3651 323.30      
14 Bu 2017 1822 779.79      
15 Bu 1461 1320 1029.42      
16 Bu 1298 1172 29.37      
17 Bu 730 659 34.21      
18 Bu 291 263 51.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11851.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9034) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10706.2 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 HF/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.19779 0.12719 0.07741

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.051 0.775 0.000
C2 0.051 -0.775 0.000
O3 1.111 1.387 0.000
O4 -1.111 -1.387 0.000
O5 -1.111 1.311 0.000
O6 1.111 -1.311 0.000
H7 1.816 0.745 0.000
H8 -1.816 -0.745 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.55301.31352.40791.18782.38801.86742.3290
C21.55302.40791.31352.38801.18782.32901.8674
O31.31352.40793.55462.22302.69880.95423.6211
O42.40791.31353.55462.69882.22303.62110.9542
O51.18782.38802.22302.69883.43732.98132.1736
O62.38801.18782.69882.22303.43732.17362.9813
H71.86742.32900.95423.62112.98132.17363.9257
H82.32901.86743.62110.95422.17362.98133.9257

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 114.026 C1 C2 O6 120.627
C1 O3 H7 109.858 C2 C1 O3 114.026
C2 C1 O5 120.627 C2 O4 H8 109.858
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-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.396      
2 C 0.396      
3 O -0.511      
4 O -0.511      
5 O -0.391      
6 O -0.391      
7 H 0.507      
8 H 0.507      


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 -30.261 4.256 0.000
y 4.256 -44.173 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.563
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.607 4.256 0.000
y 4.256 -13.261 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.654
Polar
3z2-r211.309
x2-y213.912
xy4.256
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.906 -0.494 0.000
y -0.494 4.391 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.736


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 107.946
(<r2>)1/2 10.390