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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.350982
Energy at 298.15K-378.355025
HF Energy-378.350982
Nuclear repulsion energy233.030535
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3653 3516 0.00      
2 Ag 1836 1767 0.00      
3 Ag 1438 1384 0.00      
4 Ag 1216 1171 0.00      
5 Ag 823 792 0.00      
6 Ag 558 537 0.00      
7 Ag 405 389 0.00      
8 Au 695 669 215.45      
9 Au 460 443 65.18      
10 Au 122 117 7.18      
11 Bg 805 775 0.00      
12 Bg 685 659 0.00      
13 Bu 3655 3519 259.89      
14 Bu 1856 1787 504.21      
15 Bu 1326 1277 837.44      
16 Bu 1207 1162 6.24      
17 Bu 666 641 21.80      
18 Bu 260 250 54.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10832.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10428.1 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
0.19237 0.12647 0.07631

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.051 0.772 0.000
C2 0.051 -0.772 0.000
O3 1.126 1.384 0.000
O4 -1.126 -1.384 0.000
O5 -1.126 1.328 0.000
O6 1.126 -1.328 0.000
H7 1.823 0.698 0.000
H8 -1.823 -0.698 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54701.32732.40941.21052.40731.87572.3019
C21.54702.40941.32732.40731.21052.30191.8757
O31.32732.40943.56942.25332.71230.97843.6101
O42.40941.32733.56942.71232.25333.61010.9784
O51.21052.40732.25332.71233.48253.01602.1420
O62.40731.21052.71232.25333.48252.14203.0160
H71.87572.30190.97843.61013.01602.14203.9039
H82.30191.87573.61010.97842.14203.01603.9039

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 113.694 C1 C2 O6 121.143
C1 O3 H7 107.923 C2 C1 O3 113.694
C2 C1 O5 121.143 C2 O4 H8 107.923
O3 C1 O5 125.163 O4 C2 O6 125.163
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.511      
2 C 0.511      
3 O -0.412      
4 O -0.412      
5 O -0.479      
6 O -0.479      
7 H 0.380      
8 H 0.380      


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 -30.815 3.995 0.000
y 3.995 -43.650 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.235
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.127 3.995 0.000
y 3.995 -12.125 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.998
Polar
3z2-r29.995
x2-y212.835
xy3.995
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.293 -0.359 0.000
y -0.359 5.775 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.366


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 136.486
(<r2>)1/2 11.683