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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.947592
Energy at 298.15K-377.951601
HF Energy-377.947592
Nuclear repulsion energy232.329938
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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
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 3453 3406 0.00      
2 Ag 1788 1763 0.00      
3 Ag 1423 1404 0.00      
4 Ag 1196 1179 0.00      
5 Ag 805 794 0.00      
6 Ag 552 545 0.00      
7 Ag 389 384 0.00      
8 Au 742 732 179.57      
9 Au 430 424 42.41      
10 Au 136 134 5.02      
11 Bg 768 758 0.00      
12 Bg 721 711 0.00      
13 Bu 3458 3411 222.47      
14 Bu 1822 1797 322.59      
15 Bu 1321 1303 782.26      
16 Bu 1192 1176 7.30      
17 Bu 643 634 19.49      
18 Bu 255 251 58.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10546.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10402.2 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.18847 0.12772 0.07613

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.053 0.771 0.000
C2 0.053 -0.771 0.000
O3 1.139 1.370 0.000
O4 -1.139 -1.370 0.000
O5 -1.139 1.332 0.000
O6 1.139 -1.332 0.000
H7 1.792 0.622 0.000
H8 -1.792 -0.622 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54531.33452.40061.22282.41731.85092.2281
C21.54532.40061.33452.41731.22282.22811.8509
O31.33452.40063.56372.27932.70180.99213.5443
O42.40061.33453.56372.70182.27933.54430.9921
O51.22282.41732.27932.70183.50573.01602.0603
O62.41731.22282.70182.27933.50572.06033.0160
H71.85092.22810.99213.54433.01602.06033.7937
H82.22811.85093.54430.99212.06033.01603.7937

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 112.736 C1 C2 O6 121.253
C1 O3 H7 104.440 C2 C1 O3 112.736
C2 C1 O5 121.253 C2 O4 H8 104.440
O3 C1 O5 126.012 O4 C2 O6 126.012
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.511      
2 C 0.511      
3 O -0.427      
4 O -0.427      
5 O -0.428      
6 O -0.428      
7 H 0.344      
8 H 0.344      


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 -29.966 3.346 0.000
y 3.346 -41.049 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.258
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.188 3.346 0.000
y 3.346 -10.437 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.249
Polar
3z2-r28.499
x2-y211.083
xy3.346
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.600 -0.185 0.000
y -0.185 4.962 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.390


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.610
(<r2>)1/2 11.645