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All results from a given calculation for C2H3NO3 (Oxamic acid)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no H out 1A'
1 2 yes H in 1A'

Conformer 1 (H out)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.399028
Energy at 298.15K-358.403834
Nuclear repulsion energy229.422779
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 BLYP/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 A' 3637 3609 59.37      
2 A' 3589 3561 38.15      
3 A' 3491 3464 39.10      
4 A' 1750 1736 105.08      
5 A' 1730 1716 339.78      
6 A' 1547 1535 123.82      
7 A' 1359 1348 7.18      
8 A' 1271 1261 40.23      
9 A' 1133 1125 271.94      
10 A' 1056 1048 2.04      
11 A' 738 732 6.21      
12 A' 585 581 63.38      
13 A' 503 500 0.61      
14 A' 398 395 4.83      
15 A' 260 258 14.00      
16 A" 776 770 4.86      
17 A" 670 665 122.30      
18 A" 626 621 10.57      
19 A" 410 407 8.95      
20 A" 280 278 216.47      
21 A" 67 66 0.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12937.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12837.7 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.19039 0.11829 0.07296

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.759 0.000
C2 -0.054 -0.798 0.000
O3 -1.103 -1.439 0.000
O4 1.043 1.406 0.000
O5 -1.241 1.304 0.000
N6 1.212 -1.315 0.000
H7 1.337 -2.323 0.000
H8 2.012 -0.687 0.000
H9 -1.102 2.278 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.55782.45971.22771.35532.40283.35962.47831.8765
C21.55781.22982.46192.41351.36822.06442.06933.2493
O32.45971.22983.56432.74652.31892.59533.20493.7173
O41.22772.46193.56432.28682.72683.74062.30692.3158
O51.35532.41352.74652.28683.58874.44963.81430.9842
N62.40281.36822.31892.72683.58871.01521.01694.2742
H73.35962.06442.59533.74064.44961.01521.76945.2075
H82.47832.06933.20492.30693.81431.01691.76944.3003
H91.87653.24933.71732.31580.98424.27425.20754.3003

picture of Oxamic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 123.438 C1 C2 N6 110.245
C1 O5 H9 105.564 C2 C1 O4 123.790
C2 C1 O5 111.700 C2 N6 H7 119.288
C2 N6 H8 119.635 O3 C2 N6 126.316
O4 C1 O5 124.509 H7 N6 H8 121.078
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.494      
2 C 0.503      
3 O -0.453      
4 O -0.448      
5 O -0.411      
6 N -0.541      
7 H 0.267      
8 H 0.276      
9 H 0.313      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.121 0.618 0.000 2.209
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.327 7.718 0.008
y 7.718 -37.941 0.010
z 0.008 0.010 -32.988
Traceless
 xyz
x 11.138 7.718 0.008
y 7.718 -9.284 0.010
z 0.008 0.010 -1.854
Polar
3z2-r2-3.708
x2-y213.614
xy7.718
xz0.008
yz0.010


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 144.402
(<r2>)1/2 12.017

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.405808
Energy at 298.15K-358.410894
Nuclear repulsion energy231.058738
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 BLYP/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 A' 3627 3599 66.77      
2 A' 3484 3458 48.86      
3 A' 3367 3342 121.44      
4 A' 1786 1772 187.60      
5 A' 1722 1708 220.86      
6 A' 1550 1538 72.41      
7 A' 1389 1379 264.92      
8 A' 1305 1295 247.69      
9 A' 1161 1152 16.13      
10 A' 1064 1056 4.19      
11 A' 764 758 9.07      
12 A' 606 601 9.77      
13 A' 522 518 1.23      
14 A' 388 385 6.86      
15 A' 264 262 41.69      
16 A" 779 773 47.54      
17 A" 745 739 46.15      
18 A" 652 647 2.37      
19 A" 439 435 96.93      
20 A" 342 339 147.74      
21 A" 119 118 3.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13036.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12935.9 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.18546 0.12403 0.07432

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.015 -0.803 0.000
C2 0.000 0.754 0.000
O3 -1.087 1.356 0.000
O4 1.036 -1.475 0.000
O5 -1.241 -1.295 0.000
N6 1.239 1.300 0.000
H7 1.359 2.309 0.000
H8 2.042 0.675 0.000
H9 -1.818 -0.482 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.55692.42381.22231.34872.43363.38992.50901.8608
C21.55691.24292.45772.39511.35412.06532.04372.1984
O32.42381.24293.53852.65482.32692.62553.20281.9778
O41.22232.45773.53852.28412.78283.79782.37393.0217
O51.34872.39512.65482.28413.58954.44383.82890.9965
N62.43361.35412.32692.78283.58951.01581.01803.5387
H73.38992.06532.62553.79784.44381.01581.77104.2289
H82.50902.04373.20282.37393.82891.01801.77104.0300
H91.86082.19841.97783.02170.99653.53874.22894.0300

picture of Oxamic acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 119.510 C1 C2 N6 113.262
C1 O5 H9 103.999 C2 C1 O4 123.893
C2 C1 O5 110.833 C2 N6 H7 120.596
C2 N6 H8 118.299 O3 C2 N6 127.227
O4 C1 O5 125.273 H7 N6 H8 121.106
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.525      
2 C 0.496      
3 O -0.493      
4 O -0.437      
5 O -0.437      
6 N -0.539      
7 H 0.274      
8 H 0.287      
9 H 0.326      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.564 2.622 0.000 3.054
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.966 6.979 0.000
y 6.979 -36.493 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.944
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.753 6.979 0.000
y 6.979 -5.039 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.286
Polar
3z2-r20.571
x2-y26.528
xy6.979
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.282 0.136 0.000
y 0.136 5.879 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.501


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 141.782
(<r2>)1/2 11.907