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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.087326
Energy at 298.15K-378.091487
HF Energy-378.087326
Nuclear repulsion energy235.225834
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-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 3666 3525 0.00      
2 Ag 1864 1793 0.00      
3 Ag 1468 1412 0.00      
4 Ag 1236 1188 0.00      
5 Ag 843 810 0.00      
6 Ag 569 547 0.00      
7 Ag 405 390 0.00      
8 Au 731 703 179.28      
9 Au 471 453 49.12      
10 Au 130 125 6.58      
11 Bg 851 819 0.00      
12 Bg 729 701 0.00      
13 Bu 3670 3529 274.89      
14 Bu 1888 1815 516.55      
15 Bu 1352 1300 807.89      
16 Bu 1230 1182 2.33      
17 Bu 679 653 22.12      
18 Bu 256 247 56.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11018.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10594.5 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.19510 0.12943 0.07781

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.053 0.767 0.000
C2 0.053 -0.767 0.000
O3 1.119 1.365 0.000
O4 -1.119 -1.365 0.000
O5 -1.119 1.316 0.000
O6 1.119 -1.316 0.000
H7 1.793 0.662 0.000
H8 -1.793 -0.662 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53691.31562.38371.19942.38941.84822.2515
C21.53692.38371.31562.38941.19942.25151.8482
O31.31562.38373.53042.23832.68110.97373.5479
O42.38371.31563.53042.68112.23833.54790.9737
O51.19942.38942.23832.68113.45452.98402.0897
O62.38941.19942.68112.23833.45452.08972.9840
H71.84822.25150.97373.54792.98402.08973.8220
H82.25151.84823.54790.97372.08972.98403.8220

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 113.138 C1 C2 O6 121.181
C1 O3 H7 106.714 C2 C1 O3 113.138
C2 C1 O5 121.181 C2 O4 H8 106.714
O3 C1 O5 125.682 O4 C2 O6 125.682
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.566      
2 C 0.566      
3 O -0.277      
4 O -0.277      
5 O -0.525      
6 O -0.525      
7 H 0.236      
8 H 0.236      


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 -30.766 3.816 0.000
y 3.816 -41.925 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.847
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.120 3.816 0.000
y 3.816 -10.618 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.498
Polar
3z2-r28.996
x2-y211.158
xy3.816
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.295 -0.260 0.000
y -0.260 6.118 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.817


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 133.743
(<r2>)1/2 11.565