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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-376.214195
Energy at 298.15K-376.218356
HF Energy-376.214195
Nuclear repulsion energy231.464320
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 B3LYP/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3337 3219 0.00      
2 Ag 1779 1717 0.00      
3 Ag 1386 1338 0.00      
4 Ag 1199 1157 0.00      
5 Ag 778 751 0.00      
6 Ag 572 551 0.00      
7 Ag 401 387 0.00      
8 Au 743 717 280.25      
9 Au 476 459 39.19      
10 Au 169 163 3.18      
11 Bg 828 799 0.00      
12 Bg 742 715 0.00      
13 Bu 3339 3222 164.21      
14 Bu 1828 1763 213.79      
15 Bu 1298 1252 810.00      
16 Bu 1193 1152 50.11      
17 Bu 657 634 20.28      
18 Bu 254 245 68.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10488.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10120.8 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 B3LYP/3-21G
ABC
0.18479 0.12893 0.07595

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.057 0.764 0.000
C2 0.057 -0.764 0.000
O3 1.149 1.366 0.000
O4 -1.149 -1.366 0.000
O5 -1.149 1.323 0.000
O6 1.149 -1.323 0.000
H7 1.844 0.637 0.000
H8 -1.844 -0.637 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53321.34762.39451.22722.41061.90442.2711
C21.53322.39451.34762.41061.22722.27111.9044
O31.34762.39453.57062.29902.68901.00693.6014
O42.39451.34763.57062.68902.29903.60141.0069
O51.22722.41062.29902.68903.50483.07062.0792
O62.41061.22722.68902.29903.50482.07923.0706
H71.90442.27111.00693.60143.07062.07923.9011
H82.27111.90443.60141.00692.07923.07063.9011

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 112.286 C1 C2 O6 121.295
C1 O3 H7 107.081 C2 C1 O3 112.286
C2 C1 O5 121.295 C2 O4 H8 107.081
O3 C1 O5 126.419 O4 C2 O6 126.419
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.621      
2 C 0.621      
3 O -0.545      
4 O -0.545      
5 O -0.466      
6 O -0.466      
7 H 0.390      
8 H 0.390      


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 -30.069 2.914 0.000
y 2.914 -43.026 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.122
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.005 2.914 0.000
y 2.914 -12.431 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.426
Polar
3z2-r210.851
x2-y212.957
xy2.914
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.072 -0.308 0.000
y -0.308 3.956 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.541


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 136.489
(<r2>)1/2 11.683