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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-375.835577
Energy at 298.15K-375.839665
HF Energy-375.835577
Nuclear repulsion energy230.118754
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 PBEPBE/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 3094 3066 0.00      
2 Ag 1700 1685 0.00      
3 Ag 1363 1351 0.00      
4 Ag 1152 1141 0.00      
5 Ag 756 749 0.00      
6 Ag 562 557 0.00      
7 Ag 377 374 0.00      
8 Au 778 771 235.23      
9 Au 456 452 29.24      
10 Au 175 173 2.39      
11 Bg 805 798 0.00      
12 Bg 773 766 0.00      
13 Bu 3099 3071 163.90      
14 Bu 1772 1756 157.83      
15 Bu 1278 1266 741.86      
16 Bu 1155 1144 41.66      
17 Bu 627 622 18.69      
18 Bu 242 239 74.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10081.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9990.0 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 PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
0.18058 0.12914 0.07529

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.057 0.766 0.000
C2 0.057 -0.766 0.000
O3 1.164 1.359 0.000
O4 -1.164 -1.359 0.000
O5 -1.164 1.330 0.000
O6 1.164 -1.330 0.000
H7 1.825 0.574 0.000
H8 -1.825 -0.574 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53651.35792.39631.24172.42561.89272.2184
C21.53652.39631.35792.42561.24172.21841.8927
O31.35792.39633.57932.32822.68891.02703.5601
O42.39631.35793.57932.68892.32823.56011.0270
O51.24172.42562.32822.68893.53413.08352.0149
O62.42561.24172.68892.32823.53412.01493.0835
H71.89272.21841.02703.56013.08352.01493.8270
H82.21841.89273.56011.02702.01493.08353.8270

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 111.622 C1 C2 O6 121.269
C1 O3 H7 104.188 C2 C1 O3 111.622
C2 C1 O5 121.269 C2 O4 H8 104.188
O3 C1 O5 127.110 O4 C2 O6 127.110
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.559      
2 C 0.559      
3 O -0.501      
4 O -0.501      
5 O -0.436      
6 O -0.436      
7 H 0.377      
8 H 0.377      


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 -30.357 2.558 0.000
y 2.558 -42.324 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.385
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.498 2.558 0.000
y 2.558 -11.453 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.956
Polar
3z2-r29.911
x2-y211.967
xy2.558
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.310 -0.184 0.000
y -0.184 4.308 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.591


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.278
(<r2>)1/2 11.717