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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.135418
Energy at 298.15K-378.139545
HF Energy-377.784661
Nuclear repulsion energy234.061214
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 B2PLYP/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 3684 3684 0.00      
2 Ag 1835 1835 0.00      
3 Ag 1462 1462 0.00      
4 Ag 1237 1237 0.00      
5 Ag 832 832 0.00      
6 Ag 570 570 0.00      
7 Ag 411 411 0.00      
8 Au 705 705 201.10      
9 Au 462 462 55.66      
10 Au 129 129 5.31      
11 Bg 823 823 0.00      
12 Bg 698 698 0.00      
13 Bu 3688 3688 263.76      
14 Bu 1854 1854 406.27      
15 Bu 1358 1358 804.14      
16 Bu 1211 1211 26.55      
17 Bu 676 676 23.60      
18 Bu 268 268 54.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10950.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10950.7 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 B2PLYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.19292 0.12825 0.07704

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.054 0.769 0.000
C2 0.054 -0.769 0.000
O3 1.126 1.373 0.000
O4 -1.126 -1.373 0.000
O5 -1.126 1.321 0.000
O6 1.126 -1.321 0.000
H7 1.794 0.666 0.000
H8 -1.794 -0.666 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54171.32522.39541.20552.39941.85102.2559
C21.54172.39541.32522.39941.20552.25591.8510
O31.32522.39543.55122.25202.69370.97323.5616
O42.39541.32523.55122.69372.25203.56160.9732
O51.20552.39942.25202.69373.47042.99252.0961
O62.39941.20552.69372.25203.47042.09612.9925
H71.85102.25590.97323.56162.99252.09613.8280
H82.25591.85103.56160.97322.09612.99253.8280

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 113.128 C1 C2 O6 121.223
C1 O3 H7 106.275 C2 C1 O3 113.128
C2 C1 O5 121.223 C2 O4 H8 106.275
O3 C1 O5 125.649 O4 C2 O6 125.649
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.314      
2 C 0.314      
3 O -0.266      
4 O -0.266      
5 O -0.318      
6 O -0.318      
7 H 0.270      
8 H 0.270      


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 -30.552 3.483 0.000
y 3.483 -42.430 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.525
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.426 3.483 0.000
y 3.483 -11.392 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.966
Polar
3z2-r29.932
x2-y211.878
xy3.483
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.439 -0.297 0.000
y -0.297 4.733 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.542


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 134.835
(<r2>)1/2 11.612