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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.338863
Energy at 298.15K-378.342991
HF Energy-378.338863
Nuclear repulsion energy234.721509
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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3642 3514 0.00      
2 Ag 1843 1778 0.00      
3 Ag 1448 1398 0.00      
4 Ag 1225 1182 0.00      
5 Ag 831 802 0.00      
6 Ag 564 545 0.00      
7 Ag 402 388 0.00      
8 Au 726 701 176.84      
9 Au 467 451 48.83      
10 Au 127 123 6.55      
11 Bg 844 815 0.00      
12 Bg 723 698 0.00      
13 Bu 3645 3518 261.73      
14 Bu 1868 1803 498.79      
15 Bu 1339 1292 802.51      
16 Bu 1216 1174 4.80      
17 Bu 675 651 21.87      
18 Bu 254 245 55.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10919.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9651) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10538.2 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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.19450 0.12870 0.07745

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.053 0.768 0.000
C2 0.053 -0.768 0.000
O3 1.121 1.370 0.000
O4 -1.121 -1.370 0.000
O5 -1.121 1.319 0.000
O6 1.121 -1.319 0.000
H7 1.797 0.668 0.000
H8 -1.797 -0.668 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53981.31922.38931.20102.39481.85302.2584
C21.53982.38931.31922.39481.20102.25841.8530
O31.31922.38933.53942.24172.68890.97483.5584
O42.38931.31923.53942.68892.24173.55840.9748
O51.20102.39482.24172.68893.46172.98922.0988
O62.39481.20102.68892.24173.46172.09882.9892
H71.85302.25840.97483.55842.98922.09883.8337
H82.25841.85303.55840.97482.09882.98923.8337

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 113.152 C1 C2 O6 121.302
C1 O3 H7 106.791 C2 C1 O3 113.152
C2 C1 O5 121.302 C2 O4 H8 106.791
O3 C1 O5 125.546 O4 C2 O6 125.546
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.633      
2 C 0.633      
3 O -0.306      
4 O -0.306      
5 O -0.564      
6 O -0.564      
7 H 0.237      
8 H 0.237      


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 -30.704 3.829 0.000
y 3.829 -41.869 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.776
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.118 3.829 0.000
y 3.829 -10.629 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.511
Polar
3z2-r29.021
x2-y211.165
xy3.829
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.362 -0.251 0.000
y -0.251 6.180 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.831


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 134.229
(<r2>)1/2 11.586