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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.277075
Energy at 298.15K-378.281219
HF Energy-378.277075
Nuclear repulsion energy234.618666
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3643 3507 0.00      
2 Ag 1865 1795 0.00      
3 Ag 1472 1417 0.00      
4 Ag 1228 1182 0.00      
5 Ag 836 805 0.00      
6 Ag 570 548 0.00      
7 Ag 411 396 0.00      
8 Au 729 702 236.64      
9 Au 465 447 60.79      
10 Au 131 126 6.19      
11 Bg 832 801 0.00      
12 Bg 720 693 0.00      
13 Bu 3645 3509 199.34      
14 Bu 1883 1813 459.58      
15 Bu 1360 1309 890.22      
16 Bu 1218 1172 11.00      
17 Bu 679 653 24.62      
18 Bu 270 260 57.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10976.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10567.4 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.19396 0.12883 0.07741

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.053 0.769 0.000
C2 0.053 -0.769 0.000
O3 1.122 1.368 0.000
O4 -1.122 -1.368 0.000
O5 -1.122 1.319 0.000
O6 1.122 -1.319 0.000
H7 1.804 0.673 0.000
H8 -1.804 -0.673 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54161.31932.38941.20162.39561.85962.2675
C21.54162.38941.31932.39561.20162.26751.8596
O31.31932.38943.53882.24442.68680.97403.5671
O42.38941.31933.53882.68682.24443.56710.9740
O51.20162.39562.24442.68683.46252.99612.1047
O62.39561.20162.68682.24443.46252.10472.9961
H71.85962.26750.97403.56712.99612.10473.8501
H82.26751.85963.56710.97402.10472.99613.8501

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 113.044 C1 C2 O6 121.196
C1 O3 H7 107.407 C2 C1 O3 113.044
C2 C1 O5 121.196 C2 O4 H8 107.407
O3 C1 O5 125.760 O4 C2 O6 125.760
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.363      
2 C 0.363      
3 O -0.465      
4 O -0.465      
5 O -0.332      
6 O -0.332      
7 H 0.435      
8 H 0.435      


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 -29.889 3.593 0.000
y 3.593 -42.652 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.428
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.150 3.593 0.000
y 3.593 -11.993 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.843
Polar
3z2-r29.686
x2-y212.762
xy3.593
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.339 -0.293 0.000
y -0.293 4.687 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.493


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 134.236
(<r2>)1/2 11.586