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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.332172
Energy at 298.15K-378.336312
HF Energy-378.332172
Nuclear repulsion energy234.826141
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/cc-pVTZ
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 3643 3503 0.00      
2 Ag 1850 1779 0.00      
3 Ag 1458 1402 0.00      
4 Ag 1229 1182 0.00      
5 Ag 834 802 0.00      
6 Ag 567 545 0.00      
7 Ag 402 387 0.00      
8 Au 729 701 180.57      
9 Au 467 449 47.31      
10 Au 129 124 6.43      
11 Bg 843 810 0.00      
12 Bg 728 700 0.00      
13 Bu 3647 3507 259.30      
14 Bu 1875 1803 465.18      
15 Bu 1345 1294 819.83      
16 Bu 1220 1173 5.47      
17 Bu 676 650 21.66      
18 Bu 256 246 58.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10947.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10527.5 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.19433 0.12906 0.07755

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.054 0.767 0.000
C2 0.054 -0.767 0.000
O3 1.121 1.367 0.000
O4 -1.121 -1.367 0.000
O5 -1.121 1.318 0.000
O6 1.121 -1.318 0.000
H7 1.792 0.659 0.000
H8 -1.792 -0.659 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53801.31932.38651.20142.39361.84862.2485
C21.53802.38651.31932.39361.20142.24851.8486
O31.31932.38653.53642.24302.68550.97503.5486
O42.38651.31933.53642.68552.24303.54860.9750
O51.20142.39362.24302.68553.46122.98662.0882
O62.39361.20142.68552.24303.46122.08822.9866
H71.84862.24850.97503.54862.98662.08823.8185
H82.24851.84863.54860.97502.08822.98663.8185

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 113.050 C1 C2 O6 121.309
C1 O3 H7 106.394 C2 C1 O3 113.050
C2 C1 O5 121.309 C2 O4 H8 106.394
O3 C1 O5 125.641 O4 C2 O6 125.641
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.238      
2 C 0.238      
3 O -0.182      
4 O -0.182      
5 O -0.287      
6 O -0.287      
7 H 0.231      
8 H 0.231      


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 -30.289 3.778 0.000
y 3.778 -41.502 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.433
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.179 3.778 0.000
y 3.778 -10.641 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.462
Polar
3z2-r28.924
x2-y211.213
xy3.778
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.714 -0.271 0.000
y -0.271 5.427 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.109


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 133.822
(<r2>)1/2 11.568