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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.094588
Energy at 298.15K-378.098616
HF Energy-378.094588
Nuclear repulsion energy232.864711
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-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 3459 3435 0.00      
2 Ag 1764 1752 0.00      
3 Ag 1397 1388 0.00      
4 Ag 1183 1174 0.00      
5 Ag 798 793 0.00      
6 Ag 548 544 0.00      
7 Ag 385 383 0.00      
8 Au 734 729 159.81      
9 Au 441 438 38.22      
10 Au 129 128 5.60      
11 Bg 804 798 0.00      
12 Bg 732 727 0.00      
13 Bu 3463 3439 230.27      
14 Bu 1799 1787 377.87      
15 Bu 1304 1295 746.64      
16 Bu 1173 1165 15.38      
17 Bu 647 643 19.25      
18 Bu 247 246 58.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10504.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10431.5 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.19038 0.12752 0.07637

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.056 0.770 0.000
C2 0.056 -0.770 0.000
O3 1.133 1.373 0.000
O4 -1.133 -1.373 0.000
O5 -1.133 1.330 0.000
O6 1.133 -1.330 0.000
H7 1.794 0.638 0.000
H8 -1.794 -0.638 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54431.33332.39911.21452.41371.85412.2369
C21.54432.39911.33332.41371.21452.23691.8541
O31.33332.39913.56122.26702.70370.98833.5515
O42.39911.33333.56122.70372.26703.55150.9883
O51.21452.41372.26702.70373.49533.00772.0763
O62.41371.21452.70372.26703.49532.07633.0077
H71.85412.23690.98833.55153.00772.07633.8075
H82.23691.85413.55150.98832.07633.00773.8075

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 112.761 C1 C2 O6 121.608
C1 O3 H7 105.027 C2 C1 O3 112.761
C2 C1 O5 121.608 C2 O4 H8 105.027
O3 C1 O5 125.631 O4 C2 O6 125.631
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.191      
2 C 0.191      
3 O -0.161      
4 O -0.161      
5 O -0.253      
6 O -0.253      
7 H 0.223      
8 H 0.223      


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 -30.592 3.587 0.000
y 3.587 -41.398 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.759
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.987 3.587 0.000
y 3.587 -10.222 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.236
Polar
3z2-r28.471
x2-y210.806
xy3.587
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.075 -0.189 0.000
y -0.189 5.791 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.188


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.600
(<r2>)1/2 11.645