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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

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 B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.331955
Energy at 298.15K-358.337005
Nuclear repulsion energy232.359082
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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' 3788 3631 74.92      
2 A' 3773 3616 84.92      
3 A' 3624 3473 61.12      
4 A' 1858 1781 71.60      
5 A' 1839 1763 480.93      
6 A' 1603 1537 131.27      
7 A' 1445 1385 28.25      
8 A' 1332 1276 66.36      
9 A' 1203 1153 264.86      
10 A' 1100 1055 2.85      
11 A' 785 752 10.24      
12 A' 610 585 73.26      
13 A' 530 508 0.32      
14 A' 414 397 4.59      
15 A' 268 257 15.55      
16 A" 823 788 4.66      
17 A" 688 659 145.57      
18 A" 640 614 17.30      
19 A" 438 420 27.18      
20 A" 342 328 223.30      
21 A" 71 68 3.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13586.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13021.6 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.19542 0.12128 0.07484

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.752 0.000
C2 -0.057 -0.789 0.000
O3 -1.100 -1.411 0.000
O4 1.039 1.378 0.000
O5 -1.213 1.298 0.000
N6 1.190 -1.308 0.000
H7 1.307 -2.308 0.000
H8 1.987 -0.691 0.000
H9 -1.082 2.260 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54162.42681.21281.33062.37923.32722.45521.8566
C21.54161.21502.42792.38601.35092.04152.04613.2168
O32.42681.21503.51492.71192.29282.56873.17013.6714
O41.21282.42793.51492.25332.69043.69562.27542.2973
O51.33062.38602.71192.25333.54554.39963.76770.9706
N62.37921.35092.29282.69043.54551.00651.00814.2306
H73.32722.04152.56873.69564.39961.00651.75465.1552
H82.45522.04613.17012.27543.76771.00811.75464.2576
H91.85663.21683.67142.29730.97064.23065.15524.2576

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 122.937 C1 C2 N6 110.500
C1 O5 H9 106.509 C2 C1 O4 123.196
C2 C1 O5 112.134 C2 N6 H7 119.273
C2 N6 H8 119.594 O3 C2 N6 126.563
O4 C1 O5 124.671 H7 N6 H8 121.133
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.544      
2 C 0.544      
3 O -0.482      
4 O -0.480      
5 O -0.457      
6 N -0.639      
7 H 0.308      
8 H 0.319      
9 H 0.345      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.159 0.699 0.000 2.269
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.820 7.853 0.008
y 7.853 -38.098 0.004
z 0.008 0.004 -32.883
Traceless
 xyz
x 11.670 7.853 0.008
y 7.853 -9.747 0.004
z 0.008 0.004 -1.924
Polar
3z2-r2-3.847
x2-y214.278
xy7.853
xz0.008
yz0.004


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> 141.196
(<r2>)1/2 11.883

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.338911
Energy at 298.15K-358.344216
Nuclear repulsion energy234.009352
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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' 3761 3604 93.64      
2 A' 3614 3464 74.89      
3 A' 3575 3426 146.88      
4 A' 1896 1817 221.95      
5 A' 1828 1752 287.65      
6 A' 1609 1542 76.46      
7 A' 1464 1403 250.92      
8 A' 1362 1305 338.02      
9 A' 1234 1183 2.81      
10 A' 1105 1059 6.30      
11 A' 813 779 9.65      
12 A' 631 605 11.99      
13 A' 548 525 1.75      
14 A' 403 387 8.44      
15 A' 271 259 44.58      
16 A" 811 777 15.14      
17 A" 776 744 96.36      
18 A" 670 642 2.40      
19 A" 476 456 174.98      
20 A" 392 375 105.21      
21 A" 123 118 5.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13679.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13110.9 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.19004 0.12737 0.07626

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 -0.795 0.000
C2 0.000 0.746 0.000
O3 -1.077 1.333 0.000
O4 1.025 -1.452 0.000
O5 -1.222 -1.279 0.000
N6 1.223 1.287 0.000
H7 1.339 2.287 0.000
H8 2.022 0.669 0.000
H9 -1.802 -0.485 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54112.39091.20741.32562.40913.35632.48641.8400
C21.54111.22702.42532.36481.33792.04222.02302.1822
O32.39091.22703.48972.61582.30122.59813.16911.9575
O41.20742.42533.48972.25402.74643.75282.34362.9875
O51.32562.36482.61582.25403.54474.39083.78360.9823
N62.40911.33792.30122.74643.54471.00711.00943.5062
H73.35632.04222.59813.75284.39081.00711.75644.1898
H82.48642.02303.16912.34363.78361.00941.75643.9937
H91.84002.18221.95752.98750.98233.50624.18983.9937

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 119.047 C1 C2 N6 113.418
C1 O5 H9 104.759 C2 C1 O4 123.410
C2 C1 O5 110.940 C2 N6 H7 120.469
C2 N6 H8 118.379 O3 C2 N6 127.535
O4 C1 O5 125.650 H7 N6 H8 121.152
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.581      
2 C 0.531      
3 O -0.529      
4 O -0.467      
5 O -0.484      
6 N -0.635      
7 H 0.314      
8 H 0.328      
9 H 0.361      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.551 2.666 0.000 3.084
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.785 7.137 0.000
y 7.137 -36.511 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.841
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.891 7.137 0.000
y 7.137 -5.198 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.307
Polar
3z2-r20.613
x2-y26.726
xy7.137
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.897 0.023 0.000
y 0.023 5.431 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.487


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.698
(<r2>)1/2 11.777