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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.299807
Energy at 298.15K-378.303952
HF Energy-378.299807
Nuclear repulsion energy234.560028
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3667 3514 0.00      
2 Ag 1860 1782 0.00      
3 Ag 1478 1416 0.00      
4 Ag 1237 1186 0.00      
5 Ag 843 808 0.00      
6 Ag 568 544 0.00      
7 Ag 403 387 0.00      
8 Au 724 694 177.86      
9 Au 470 450 51.41      
10 Au 130 124 6.48      
11 Bg 846 811 0.00      
12 Bg 721 691 0.00      
13 Bu 3671 3518 266.43      
14 Bu 1881 1802 500.38      
15 Bu 1359 1302 801.75      
16 Bu 1225 1174 2.91      
17 Bu 672 644 21.71      
18 Bu 254 244 56.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11004.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10545.1 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.19382 0.12890 0.07742

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.051 0.766 0.000
C2 0.051 -0.766 0.000
O3 1.123 1.369 0.000
O4 -1.123 -1.369 0.000
O5 -1.123 1.318 0.000
O6 1.123 -1.318 0.000
H7 1.797 0.664 0.000
H8 -1.797 -0.664 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53541.32002.38881.20542.39221.85132.2568
C21.53542.38881.32002.39221.20542.25681.8513
O31.32002.38883.54122.24602.68740.97553.5581
O42.38881.32003.54122.68742.24603.55810.9755
O51.20542.39222.24602.68743.46322.99222.0941
O62.39221.20542.68742.24603.46322.09412.9922
H71.85132.25680.97553.55812.99222.09413.8319
H82.25681.85133.55810.97552.09412.99223.8319

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 113.354 C1 C2 O6 121.110
C1 O3 H7 106.543 C2 C1 O3 113.354
C2 C1 O5 121.110 C2 O4 H8 106.543
O3 C1 O5 125.536 O4 C2 O6 125.536
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.747      
2 C 0.747      
3 O -0.463      
4 O -0.463      
5 O -0.505      
6 O -0.505      
7 H 0.221      
8 H 0.221      


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 -30.866 3.844 0.000
y 3.844 -42.096 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.891
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.127 3.844 0.000
y 3.844 -10.717 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.590
Polar
3z2-r29.180
x2-y211.230
xy3.844
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.304 -0.282 0.000
y -0.282 6.090 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.758


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 134.380
(<r2>)1/2 11.592