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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-373.108181
Energy at 298.15K-373.112167
HF Energy-373.108181
Nuclear repulsion energy231.748855
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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
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 2929 2574 0.00      
2 Ag 1865 1639 0.00      
3 Ag 1740 1530 0.00      
4 Ag 1243 1092 0.00      
5 Ag 885 778 0.00      
6 Ag 648 570 0.00      
7 Ag 216 190 0.00      
8 Au 1137 999 125.09      
9 Au 385 339 17.26      
10 Au 226 199 0.06      
11 Bg 1151 1012 0.00      
12 Bg 738 649 0.00      
13 Bu 3012 2647 409.88      
14 Bu 2027 1781 103.53      
15 Bu 1671 1468 505.58      
16 Bu 1279 1124 8.27      
17 Bu 636 559 17.11      
18 Bu 359 315 88.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11073.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8789) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9732.1 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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
ABC
0.16698 0.14473 0.07753

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.045 0.775 0.000
C2 0.045 -0.775 0.000
O3 1.220 1.276 0.000
O4 -1.220 -1.276 0.000
O5 -1.220 1.246 0.000
O6 1.220 -1.246 0.000
H7 1.687 0.304 0.000
H8 -1.687 -0.304 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.55211.36102.36351.26642.38451.79531.9649
C21.55212.36351.36102.38451.26641.96491.7953
O31.36102.36353.53102.44092.52221.07843.3092
O42.36351.36103.53102.52222.44093.30921.0784
O51.26642.38452.44092.52223.48863.05671.6190
O62.38451.26642.52222.44093.48861.61903.0567
H71.79531.96491.07843.30923.05671.61903.4291
H81.96491.79533.30921.07841.61903.05673.4291

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 108.277 C1 C2 O6 115.190
C1 O3 H7 94.061 C2 C1 O3 108.277
C2 C1 O5 115.190 C2 O4 H8 94.061
O3 C1 O5 136.533 O4 C2 O6 136.533
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.187      
2 C 0.187      
3 O -0.206      
4 O -0.206      
5 O -0.210      
6 O -0.210      
7 H 0.229      
8 H 0.229      


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 -30.486 0.655 0.000
y 0.655 -35.763 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.056
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.423 0.655 0.000
y 0.655 -6.492 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.069
Polar
3z2-r210.137
x2-y25.277
xy0.655
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.785 -0.259 0.000
y -0.259 2.873 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.711


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 131.296
(<r2>)1/2 11.458