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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.340504
Energy at 298.15K-378.344672
HF Energy-378.340504
Nuclear repulsion energy235.320779
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
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 3693 3533 0.00      
2 Ag 1885 1804 0.00      
3 Ag 1482 1418 0.00      
4 Ag 1242 1189 0.00      
5 Ag 848 812 0.00      
6 Ag 575 551 0.00      
7 Ag 410 392 0.00      
8 Au 721 689 205.58      
9 Au 468 447 55.67      
10 Au 132 127 5.98      
11 Bg 839 802 0.00      
12 Bg 716 685 0.00      
13 Bu 3698 3538 278.91      
14 Bu 1903 1821 487.54      
15 Bu 1366 1307 844.91      
16 Bu 1233 1179 9.11      
17 Bu 685 655 24.27      
18 Bu 265 253 59.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11080.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10600.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
ABC
0.19484 0.12977 0.07789

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.052 0.767 0.000
C2 0.052 -0.767 0.000
O3 1.120 1.364 0.000
O4 -1.120 -1.364 0.000
O5 -1.120 1.313 0.000
O6 1.120 -1.313 0.000
H7 1.787 0.657 0.000
H8 -1.787 -0.657 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53741.31562.38321.19922.38791.84322.2444
C21.53742.38321.31562.38791.19922.24441.8432
O31.31562.38323.52952.24052.67710.97233.5406
O42.38321.31563.52952.67712.24053.54060.9723
O51.19922.38792.24052.67713.45202.98062.0802
O62.38791.19922.67712.24053.45202.08022.9806
H71.84322.24440.97233.54062.98062.08023.8086
H82.24441.84323.54060.97232.08022.98063.8086

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 113.067 C1 C2 O6 121.019
C1 O3 H7 106.375 C2 C1 O3 113.067
C2 C1 O5 121.019 C2 O4 H8 106.375
O3 C1 O5 125.914 O4 C2 O6 125.914
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.332      
2 C 0.332      
3 O -0.269      
4 O -0.269      
5 O -0.339      
6 O -0.339      
7 H 0.276      
8 H 0.276      


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 -30.274 3.653 0.000
y 3.653 -42.031 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.265
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.374 3.653 0.000
y 3.653 -11.261 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.887
Polar
3z2-r29.774
x2-y211.757
xy3.653
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.304 -0.300 0.000
y -0.300 4.682 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.546


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 133.401
(<r2>)1/2 11.550