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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.040674
Energy at 298.15K-378.044713
HF Energy-378.040674
Nuclear repulsion energy232.629802
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/6-311G*
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 3448 3412 0.00      
2 Ag 1777 1759 0.00      
3 Ag 1414 1399 0.00      
4 Ag 1183 1171 0.00      
5 Ag 800 792 0.00      
6 Ag 551 546 0.00      
7 Ag 395 391 0.00      
8 Au 736 729 206.53      
9 Au 439 435 48.19      
10 Au 132 131 5.30      
11 Bg 795 787 0.00      
12 Bg 724 717 0.00      
13 Bu 3449 3414 168.05      
14 Bu 1807 1789 366.26      
15 Bu 1321 1307 803.72      
16 Bu 1173 1161 21.48      
17 Bu 650 643 21.97      
18 Bu 262 259 56.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10528.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10418.8 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.19007 0.12719 0.07620

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.055 0.772 0.000
C2 0.055 -0.772 0.000
O3 1.134 1.374 0.000
O4 -1.134 -1.374 0.000
O5 -1.134 1.332 0.000
O6 1.134 -1.332 0.000
H7 1.805 0.649 0.000
H8 -1.805 -0.649 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54861.33302.40241.21492.41701.86422.2540
C21.54862.40241.33302.41701.21492.25401.8642
O31.33302.40243.56352.26802.70640.98793.5679
O42.40241.33303.56352.70642.26803.56790.9879
O51.21492.41702.26802.70643.49833.01672.0917
O62.41701.21492.70642.26803.49832.09173.0167
H71.86422.25400.98793.56793.01672.09173.8358
H82.25401.86423.56790.98792.09173.01673.8358

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 112.746 C1 C2 O6 121.534
C1 O3 H7 105.919 C2 C1 O3 112.746
C2 C1 O5 121.534 C2 O4 H8 105.919
O3 C1 O5 125.719 O4 C2 O6 125.719
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.300      
2 C 0.300      
3 O -0.418      
4 O -0.418      
5 O -0.292      
6 O -0.292      
7 H 0.410      
8 H 0.410      


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 -30.142 3.380 0.000
y 3.380 -42.327 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.700
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.871 3.380 0.000
y 3.380 -11.406 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.534
Polar
3z2-r29.068
x2-y212.185
xy3.380
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.692 -0.192 0.000
y -0.192 5.054 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.550


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.984
(<r2>)1/2 11.661