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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-356.653674
Energy at 298.15K-356.658741
Nuclear repulsion energy233.141156
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 LSDA/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' 3656 3587 100.82      
2 A' 3640 3572 64.52      
3 A' 3489 3424 58.84      
4 A' 1842 1807 165.67      
5 A' 1814 1780 297.82      
6 A' 1526 1497 129.29      
7 A' 1420 1394 86.47      
8 A' 1301 1276 35.19      
9 A' 1165 1143 195.23      
10 A' 1066 1046 10.59      
11 A' 774 759 14.21      
12 A' 587 576 70.98      
13 A' 522 512 0.37      
14 A' 404 397 7.06      
15 A' 261 257 16.48      
16 A" 802 787 6.07      
17 A" 696 683 127.55      
18 A" 658 646 26.23      
19 A" 453 445 95.71      
20 A" 363 356 132.55      
21 A" 88 87 3.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13263.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13015.2 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
0.19486 0.12375 0.07568

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.739 0.000
C2 -0.066 -0.786 0.000
O3 -1.112 -1.410 0.000
O4 1.048 1.357 0.000
O5 -1.203 1.292 0.000
N6 1.184 -1.284 0.000
H7 1.328 -2.290 0.000
H8 1.959 -0.618 0.000
H9 -1.049 2.264 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52622.41941.21741.32422.34363.30682.38271.8506
C21.52621.21802.41592.36891.34562.05062.03183.2040
O32.41941.21803.51092.70372.29972.59413.17143.6742
O41.21742.41593.51092.25232.64463.65782.17512.2844
O51.32422.36892.70372.25233.51194.38593.69390.9836
N62.34361.34562.29972.64463.51191.01621.02144.1914
H73.30682.05062.59413.65784.38591.01621.78665.1363
H82.38272.03183.17142.17513.69391.02141.78664.1650
H91.85063.20403.67422.28440.98364.19145.13634.1650

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 123.294 C1 C2 N6 109.227
C1 O5 H9 105.674 C2 C1 O4 123.026
C2 C1 O5 112.229 C2 N6 H7 119.862
C2 N6 H8 117.617 O3 C2 N6 127.479
O4 C1 O5 124.746 H7 N6 H8 122.521
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.430      
2 C 0.456      
3 O -0.419      
4 O -0.421      
5 O -0.409      
6 N -0.608      
7 H 0.308      
8 H 0.314      
9 H 0.348      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.122 0.796 0.000 2.267
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.220 -9.953 0.000
y -9.953 -27.380 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.075
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.993 -9.953 0.000
y -9.953 6.267 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.275
Polar
3z2-r2-4.550
x2-y2-6.840
xy-9.953
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.749 -0.290 0.000
y -0.290 6.195 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.511


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-356.664664
Energy at 298.15K-356.670041
Nuclear repulsion energy235.446457
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 LSDA/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' 3640 3572 110.59      
2 A' 3470 3406 74.02      
3 A' 3170 3111 235.35      
4 A' 1874 1839 251.44      
5 A' 1817 1783 175.28      
6 A' 1541 1512 31.45      
7 A' 1448 1421 488.24      
8 A' 1344 1318 116.07      
9 A' 1229 1206 9.54      
10 A' 1071 1051 12.51      
11 A' 814 798 8.13      
12 A' 623 611 7.47      
13 A' 544 534 0.93      
14 A' 392 385 15.25      
15 A' 269 264 52.24      
16 A" 889 873 90.93      
17 A" 777 763 2.67      
18 A" 693 680 1.09      
19 A" 506 497 221.62      
20 A" 395 388 35.11      
21 A" 146 143 4.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13326.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13076.8 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
0.18812 0.13247 0.07773

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 -0.790 0.000
C2 0.000 0.735 0.000
O3 -1.096 1.301 0.000
O4 1.038 -1.444 0.000
O5 -1.222 -1.236 0.000
N6 1.218 1.265 0.000
H7 1.364 2.272 0.000
H8 1.993 0.596 0.000
H9 -1.745 -0.370 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52492.36881.21251.31602.38073.34522.41391.8115
C21.52491.23352.41322.31851.32842.05511.99742.0655
O32.36881.23353.47682.54042.31372.64433.16771.7930
O41.21252.41323.47682.26882.71543.72992.25282.9833
O51.31602.31852.54042.26883.49384.35763.69981.0123
N62.38071.32842.31372.71543.49381.01681.02373.3844
H73.34522.05512.64433.72994.35761.01681.78924.0800
H82.41391.99743.16772.25283.69981.02371.78923.8609
H91.81152.06551.79302.98331.01233.38444.08003.8609

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 117.975 C1 C2 N6 112.923
C1 O5 H9 101.367 C2 C1 O4 123.259
C2 C1 O5 109.175 C2 N6 H7 121.828
C2 N6 H8 115.643 O3 C2 N6 129.102
O4 C1 O5 127.566 H7 N6 H8 122.529
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.471      
2 C 0.456      
3 O -0.471      
4 O -0.413      
5 O -0.435      
6 N -0.605      
7 H 0.317      
8 H 0.326      
9 H 0.355      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.726 2.887 0.000 3.364
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.227 6.870 0.000
y 6.870 -35.914 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.018
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.239 6.870 0.000
y 6.870 -4.291 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.053
Polar
3z2-r20.105
x2-y25.687
xy6.870
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.074 0.174 0.000
y 0.174 5.646 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.492


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 136.354
(<r2>)1/2 11.677