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

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.362836
Energy at 298.15K-377.366925
HF Energy-376.377161
Nuclear repulsion energy233.143036
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 QCISD/6-31G**
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 3774 3553 0.00      
2 Ag 1892 1781 0.00      
3 Ag 1503 1415 0.00      
4 Ag 1268 1193 0.00      
5 Ag 845 795 0.00      
6 Ag 573 539 0.00      
7 Ag 420 395 0.00      
8 Au 694 653 225.51      
9 Au 455 428 65.63      
10 Au 123 115 5.39      
11 Bg 779 734 0.00      
12 Bg 679 639 0.00      
13 Bu 3778 3557 238.17      
14 Bu 1895 1784 379.45      
15 Bu 1375 1294 841.06      
16 Bu 1237 1164 17.17      
17 Bu 671 632 24.51      
18 Bu 276 260 50.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11118.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10466.5 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
0.19148 0.12729 0.07646

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.052 0.768 0.000
C2 0.052 -0.768 0.000
O3 1.130 1.381 0.000
O4 -1.130 -1.381 0.000
O5 -1.130 1.324 0.000
O6 1.130 -1.324 0.000
H7 1.811 0.686 0.000
H8 -1.811 -0.686 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54031.33072.40421.21262.40261.86412.2822
C21.54032.40421.33072.40261.21262.28221.8641
O31.33072.40423.56792.26022.70420.97263.5939
O42.40421.33073.56792.70422.26023.59390.9726
O51.21262.40262.26022.70423.48043.00862.1218
O62.40261.21262.70422.26023.48042.12183.0086
H71.86412.28220.97263.59393.00862.12183.8722
H82.28221.86413.59390.97262.12183.00863.8722

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 113.540 C1 C2 O6 121.103
C1 O3 H7 107.029 C2 C1 O3 113.540
C2 C1 O5 121.103 C2 O4 H8 107.029
O3 C1 O5 125.357 O4 C2 O6 125.357
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability