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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.999882
Energy at 298.15K-378.004032
HF Energy-377.999882
Nuclear repulsion energy234.565219
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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3659 3518 0.00      
2 Ag 1861 1790 0.00      
3 Ag 1481 1424 0.00      
4 Ag 1238 1190 0.00      
5 Ag 845 812 0.00      
6 Ag 568 546 0.00      
7 Ag 404 388 0.00      
8 Au 727 699 176.94      
9 Au 469 451 50.29      
10 Au 131 126 6.43      
11 Bg 845 813 0.00      
12 Bg 724 696 0.00      
13 Bu 3663 3522 269.39      
14 Bu 1882 1810 500.64      
15 Bu 1360 1308 797.12      
16 Bu 1226 1179 2.47      
17 Bu 671 645 21.49      
18 Bu 255 245 56.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11004.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10581.6 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.19367 0.12904 0.07744

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/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 1.368 0.000
O4 -1.123 -1.368 0.000
O5 -1.123 1.318 0.000
O6 1.123 -1.318 0.000
H7 1.796 0.660 0.000
H8 -1.796 -0.660 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53491.31982.38781.20612.39221.85002.2529
C21.53492.38781.31982.39221.20612.25291.8500
O31.31982.38783.53992.24702.68610.97663.5541
O42.38781.31983.53992.68612.24703.55410.9766
O51.20612.39222.24702.68613.46382.99242.0892
O62.39221.20612.68612.24703.46382.08922.9924
H71.85002.25290.97663.55412.99242.08923.8262
H82.25291.85003.55410.97662.08922.99243.8262

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 113.320 C1 C2 O6 121.088
C1 O3 H7 106.378 C2 C1 O3 113.320
C2 C1 O5 121.088 C2 O4 H8 106.378
O3 C1 O5 125.591 O4 C2 O6 125.591
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.767      
2 C 0.767      
3 O -0.466      
4 O -0.466      
5 O -0.516      
6 O -0.516      
7 H 0.215      
8 H 0.215      


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 -30.916 3.824 0.000
y 3.824 -42.112 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.967
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.124 3.824 0.000
y 3.824 -10.671 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.547
Polar
3z2-r29.094
x2-y211.196
xy3.824
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.323 -0.280 0.000
y -0.280 6.108 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.770


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 134.364
(<r2>)1/2 11.592