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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-372.818100
Energy at 298.15K-372.822182
HF Energy-372.818100
Nuclear repulsion energy232.371918
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 PBE1PBE/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 2843 2508 0.00      
2 Ag 1888 1665 0.00      
3 Ag 1725 1522 0.00      
4 Ag 1241 1095 0.00      
5 Ag 894 789 0.00      
6 Ag 658 580 0.00      
7 Ag 229 202 0.00      
8 Au 1177 1039 122.09      
9 Au 388 342 17.19      
10 Au 233 205 0.04      
11 Bg 1193 1052 0.00      
12 Bg 742 655 0.00      
13 Bu 2934 2589 474.86      
14 Bu 2042 1802 125.34      
15 Bu 1694 1494 511.28      
16 Bu 1288 1136 5.17      
17 Bu 641 566 16.88      
18 Bu 401 354 88.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11105.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8821) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9795.9 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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
ABC
0.16661 0.14688 0.07806

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.042 0.774 0.000
C2 0.042 -0.774 0.000
O3 1.222 1.264 0.000
O4 -1.222 -1.264 0.000
O5 -1.222 1.238 0.000
O6 1.222 -1.238 0.000
H7 1.679 0.278 0.000
H8 -1.679 -0.278 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54981.35592.35511.26822.37571.79041.9456
C21.54982.35511.35592.37571.26821.94561.7904
O31.35592.35513.51682.44452.50211.08653.2854
O42.35511.35593.51682.50212.44453.28541.0865
O51.26822.37572.44452.50213.47903.05531.5833
O62.37571.26822.50212.44453.47901.58333.0553
H71.79041.94561.08653.28543.05531.58333.4029
H81.94561.79043.28541.08651.58333.05533.4029

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 108.108 C1 C2 O6 114.565
C1 O3 H7 93.631 C2 C1 O3 108.108
C2 C1 O5 114.565 C2 O4 H8 93.631
O3 C1 O5 137.327 O4 C2 O6 137.327
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.183      
2 C 0.183      
3 O -0.204      
4 O -0.204      
5 O -0.208      
6 O -0.208      
7 H 0.228      
8 H 0.228      


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 -30.604 0.593 0.000
y 0.593 -35.630 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.054
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.238 0.593 0.000
y 0.593 -6.301 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.063
Polar
3z2-r210.127
x2-y25.026
xy0.593
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.774 -0.233 0.000
y -0.233 2.860 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.707


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 130.511
(<r2>)1/2 11.424