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All results from a given calculation for C2H3NO3 (Oxamic acid)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no H out 1A'
1 2 yes H in 1A'

Conformer 1 (H out)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.354941
Energy at 298.15K-358.359986
Nuclear repulsion energy232.923734
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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3778 3632 74.04      
2 A' 3767 3622 83.49      
3 A' 3621 3482 57.31      
4 A' 1850 1779 79.25      
5 A' 1834 1763 454.54      
6 A' 1591 1529 127.67      
7 A' 1435 1380 22.95      
8 A' 1325 1274 56.08      
9 A' 1195 1148 261.57      
10 A' 1094 1052 1.96      
11 A' 782 751 9.57      
12 A' 609 585 70.43      
13 A' 527 507 0.21      
14 A' 412 396 4.18      
15 A' 267 256 15.49      
16 A" 847 814 4.37      
17 A" 689 662 115.82      
18 A" 644 619 22.15      
19 A" 442 425 12.64      
20 A" 322 310 187.65      
21 A" 73 70 3.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13550.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13027.4 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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.19631 0.12183 0.07518

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.752 0.000
C2 -0.057 -0.789 0.000
O3 -1.094 -1.412 0.000
O4 1.032 1.376 0.000
O5 -1.214 1.292 0.000
N6 1.191 -1.301 0.000
H7 1.319 -2.298 0.000
H8 1.979 -0.675 0.000
H9 -1.086 2.252 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54202.42391.20651.32922.37353.32272.43981.8526
C21.54201.20882.42432.38151.34952.04232.03963.2109
O32.42391.20883.50602.70662.28762.57053.15973.6638
O41.20652.42433.50602.24792.68253.68562.25962.2924
O51.32922.38152.70662.24793.53744.39423.75070.9684
N62.37351.34952.28762.68253.53741.00491.00634.2208
H73.32272.04232.57053.68564.39421.00491.75195.1469
H82.43982.03963.15972.25963.75071.00631.75194.2387
H91.85263.21093.66382.29240.96844.22085.14694.2387

picture of Oxamic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 123.115 C1 C2 N6 110.166
C1 O5 H9 106.417 C2 C1 O4 123.320
C2 C1 O5 111.875 C2 N6 H7 119.607
C2 N6 H8 119.225 O3 C2 N6 126.719
O4 C1 O5 124.805 H7 N6 H8 121.167
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.390      
2 C 0.340      
3 O -0.354      
4 O -0.370      
5 O -0.366      
6 N -0.566      
7 H 0.295      
8 H 0.305      
9 H 0.326      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.067 0.655 0.000 2.168
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.963 -9.818 0.000
y -9.818 -27.719 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.649
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.779 -9.818 0.000
y -9.818 5.587 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.808
Polar
3z2-r2-3.616
x2-y2-6.244
xy-9.818
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.760 -0.233 -0.001
y -0.233 6.313 0.001
z -0.001 0.001 3.107


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 140.564
(<r2>)1/2 11.856

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.362879
Energy at 298.15K-358.368209
Nuclear repulsion energy234.636024
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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3755 3610 90.79      
2 A' 3611 3472 70.04      
3 A' 3563 3426 147.78      
4 A' 1891 1818 227.12      
5 A' 1821 1750 270.68      
6 A' 1598 1536 77.29      
7 A' 1458 1402 246.98      
8 A' 1359 1306 305.90      
9 A' 1230 1183 4.20      
10 A' 1100 1058 4.62      
11 A' 812 781 8.53      
12 A' 632 607 11.76      
13 A' 547 526 1.80      
14 A' 403 387 8.89      
15 A' 270 260 43.98      
16 A" 844 811 0.35      
17 A" 796 765 88.16      
18 A" 676 650 1.42      
19 A" 479 461 113.55      
20 A" 380 365 112.81      
21 A" 125 120 5.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13673.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13146.1 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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.19104 0.12798 0.07664

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.010 -0.795 0.000
C2 0.000 0.746 0.000
O3 -1.069 1.334 0.000
O4 1.016 -1.453 0.000
O5 -1.224 -1.271 0.000
N6 1.226 1.278 0.000
H7 1.355 2.276 0.000
H8 2.015 0.651 0.000
H9 -1.794 -0.473 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54042.38711.20151.32312.40313.35162.47141.8326
C21.54041.22052.42182.35891.33672.04342.01702.1684
O32.38711.22053.48062.60962.29602.60043.15881.9468
O41.20152.42183.48062.24712.73923.74372.32912.9753
O51.32312.35892.60962.24713.53564.38473.76610.9804
N62.40311.33672.29602.73923.53561.00541.00773.4907
H73.35162.04342.60043.74374.38471.00541.75334.1792
H82.47142.01703.15882.32913.76611.00771.75333.9708
H91.83262.16841.94682.97530.98043.49074.17923.9708

picture of Oxamic acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 119.220 C1 C2 N6 113.092
C1 O5 H9 104.433 C2 C1 O4 123.603
C2 C1 O5 110.697 C2 N6 H7 120.839
C2 N6 H8 118.026 O3 C2 N6 127.688
O4 C1 O5 125.700 H7 N6 H8 121.135
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.409      
2 C 0.344      
3 O -0.402      
4 O -0.360      
5 O -0.381      
6 N -0.565      
7 H 0.301      
8 H 0.313      
9 H 0.341      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.522 2.542 0.000 2.963
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.800 6.979 0.000
y 6.979 -35.938 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.611
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.475 6.979 0.000
y 6.979 -4.733 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.259
Polar
3z2-r20.517
x2-y26.139
xy6.979
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.039 0.084 0.000
y 0.084 5.884 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.098


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.932
(<r2>)1/2 11.744