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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.202550
Energy at 298.15K-378.206617
HF Energy-378.202550
Nuclear repulsion energy233.793801
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
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 3668 3521 0.00      
2 Ag 1857 1783 0.00      
3 Ag 1457 1399 0.00      
4 Ag 1220 1171 0.00      
5 Ag 832 799 0.00      
6 Ag 562 539 0.00      
7 Ag 403 387 0.00      
8 Au 708 680 215.19      
9 Au 462 443 61.66      
10 Au 125 120 7.11      
11 Bg 809 777 0.00      
12 Bg 699 671 0.00      
13 Bu 3671 3525 271.72      
14 Bu 1878 1803 508.87      
15 Bu 1337 1284 831.66      
16 Bu 1218 1170 5.55      
17 Bu 667 641 22.08      
18 Bu 257 247 57.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10914.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10479.4 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.19291 0.12781 0.07688

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.050 0.770 0.000
C2 0.050 -0.770 0.000
O3 1.125 1.375 0.000
O4 -1.125 -1.375 0.000
O5 -1.125 1.324 0.000
O6 1.125 -1.324 0.000
H7 1.811 0.678 0.000
H8 -1.811 -0.678 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54251.32202.39831.20902.40081.86392.2797
C21.54252.39831.32202.40081.20902.27971.8639
O31.32202.39833.55242.25052.69830.97743.5827
O42.39831.32203.55242.69832.25053.58270.9774
O51.20902.40082.25052.69833.47443.00622.1165
O62.40081.20902.69832.25053.47442.11653.0062
H71.86392.27970.97743.58273.00622.11653.8681
H82.27971.86393.58270.97742.11653.00623.8681

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 113.480 C1 C2 O6 121.034
C1 O3 H7 107.358 C2 C1 O3 113.480
C2 C1 O5 121.034 C2 O4 H8 107.358
O3 C1 O5 125.486 O4 C2 O6 125.486
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.482      
2 C 0.482      
3 O -0.398      
4 O -0.398      
5 O -0.465      
6 O -0.465      
7 H 0.381      
8 H 0.381      


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 -30.534 3.907 0.000
y 3.907 -43.150 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.002
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.042 3.907 0.000
y 3.907 -11.882 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.839
Polar
3z2-r29.679
x2-y212.616
xy3.907
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.189 -0.356 0.000
y -0.356 5.665 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.289


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.386
(<r2>)1/2 11.636