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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.976249
Energy at 298.15K-377.980316
HF Energy-377.976249
Nuclear repulsion energy232.639290
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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
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 3378 3358 0.00      
2 Ag 1781 1771 0.00      
3 Ag 1429 1421 0.00      
4 Ag 1196 1189 0.00      
5 Ag 809 804 0.00      
6 Ag 555 552 0.00      
7 Ag 383 380 0.00      
8 Au 753 749 155.60      
9 Au 442 439 33.62      
10 Au 143 142 4.67      
11 Bg 803 798 0.00      
12 Bg 752 747 0.00      
13 Bu 3385 3365 261.71      
14 Bu 1812 1802 348.36      
15 Bu 1330 1322 738.04      
16 Bu 1188 1181 8.22      
17 Bu 644 641 18.63      
18 Bu 246 244 60.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10513.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10452.6 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.18866 0.12834 0.07638

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.054 0.769 0.000
C2 0.054 -0.769 0.000
O3 1.139 1.366 0.000
O4 -1.139 -1.366 0.000
O5 -1.139 1.330 0.000
O6 1.139 -1.330 0.000
H7 1.779 0.602 0.000
H8 -1.779 -0.602 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54141.33442.39481.22182.41451.84122.2034
C21.54142.39481.33442.41451.22182.20341.8412
O31.33442.39483.55742.27892.69610.99713.5200
O42.39481.33443.55742.69612.27893.52000.9971
O51.22182.41452.27892.69613.50273.00832.0350
O62.41451.22182.69612.27893.50272.03503.0083
H71.84122.20340.99713.52003.00832.03503.7568
H82.20341.84123.52000.99712.03503.00833.7568

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 112.560 C1 C2 O6 121.374
C1 O3 H7 103.364 C2 C1 O3 112.560
C2 C1 O5 121.374 C2 O4 H8 103.364
O3 C1 O5 126.067 O4 C2 O6 126.067
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.122      
2 C 0.122      
3 O -0.087      
4 O -0.087      
5 O -0.200      
6 O -0.200      
7 H 0.165      
8 H 0.165      


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 -30.217 3.277 0.000
y 3.277 -40.681 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.252
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.749 3.277 0.000
y 3.277 -9.946 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.197
Polar
3z2-r28.394
x2-y210.463
xy3.277
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.525 -0.146 0.000
y -0.146 4.969 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.405


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.150
(<r2>)1/2 11.625