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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-376.105723
Energy at 298.15K-376.109904
HF Energy-376.105723
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/3-21G
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 3484 3484 0.00      
2 Ag 1843 1843 0.00      
3 Ag 1404 1404 0.00      
4 Ag 1229 1229 0.00      
5 Ag 796 796 0.00      
6 Ag 576 576 0.00      
7 Ag 407 407 0.00      
8 Au 726 726 316.03      
9 Au 485 485 46.44      
10 Au 165 165 4.16      
11 Bg 840 840 0.00      
12 Bg 726 726 0.00      
13 Bu 3486 3486 202.85      
14 Bu 1880 1880 258.73      
15 Bu 1302 1302 896.58      
16 Bu 1229 1229 11.82      
17 Bu 674 674 22.00      
18 Bu 251 251 70.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10751.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10751.4 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 wB97X-D/3-21G
ABC
0.18709 0.12915 0.07640

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.055 0.765 0.000
C2 0.055 -0.765 0.000
O3 1.142 1.364 0.000
O4 -1.142 -1.364 0.000
O5 -1.142 1.321 0.000
O6 1.142 -1.321 0.000
H7 1.846 0.660 0.000
H8 -1.846 -0.660 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53411.33832.39031.22072.40541.90452.2888
C21.53412.39031.33832.40541.22072.28881.9045
O31.33832.39033.55742.28362.68550.99653.6088
O42.39031.33833.55742.68552.28363.60880.9965
O51.22072.40542.28362.68553.49263.06052.1028
O62.40541.22072.68552.28363.49262.10283.0605
H71.90452.28880.99653.60883.06052.10283.9214
H82.28881.90453.60880.99652.10283.06053.9214

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 112.467 C1 C2 O6 121.241
C1 O3 H7 108.429 C2 C1 O3 112.467
C2 C1 O5 121.241 C2 O4 H8 108.429
O3 C1 O5 126.293 O4 C2 O6 126.293
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.645      
2 C 0.645      
3 O -0.575      
4 O -0.575      
5 O -0.482      
6 O -0.482      
7 H 0.412      
8 H 0.412      


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 -29.727 3.170 0.000
y 3.170 -43.473 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.075
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.547 3.170 0.000
y 3.170 -13.072 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.525
Polar
3z2-r211.050
x2-y213.746
xy3.170
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.895 -0.367 0.000
y -0.367 3.753 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.528


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.874
(<r2>)1/2 11.656