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All results from a given calculation for C2H3NO3 (Oxamic acid)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no H out 1A'
1 2 yes H in 1A'

Conformer 1 (H out)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.559468
Energy at 298.15K-358.564561
Nuclear repulsion energy232.279861
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 B3LYP/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 A' 3735 3609 60.35      
2 A' 3722 3597 46.40      
3 A' 3603 3481 48.78      
4 A' 1824 1763 66.58      
5 A' 1806 1745 539.79      
6 A' 1637 1582 130.13      
7 A' 1418 1370 6.20      
8 A' 1326 1281 43.25      
9 A' 1201 1161 327.28      
10 A' 1108 1070 3.28      
11 A' 776 749 9.30      
12 A' 616 595 74.54      
13 A' 528 511 0.53      
14 A' 416 402 4.26      
15 A' 271 262 14.06      
16 A" 840 812 4.85      
17 A" 700 676 162.72      
18 A" 644 623 11.03      
19 A" 443 428 26.92      
20 A" 354 342 226.73      
21 A" 72 69 3.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13519.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13063.8 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 B3LYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.19602 0.12063 0.07468

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.755 0.000
C2 -0.056 -0.791 0.000
O3 -1.093 -1.413 0.000
O4 1.031 1.383 0.000
O5 -1.216 1.299 0.000
N6 1.194 -1.312 0.000
H7 1.311 -2.312 0.000
H8 1.997 -0.705 0.000
H9 -1.103 2.263 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54712.42781.20731.33272.38713.33522.47401.8684
C21.54711.20952.43072.39111.35392.04482.05463.2287
O32.42781.20953.51142.71502.28932.56713.17033.6759
O41.20732.43073.51142.24912.70023.70532.30102.3084
O51.33272.39112.71502.24913.55384.40793.78750.9703
N62.38711.35392.28932.70023.55381.00641.00674.2494
H73.33522.04482.56713.70534.40791.00641.74655.1727
H82.47402.05463.17032.30103.78751.00671.74654.2920
H91.86843.22873.67592.30840.97034.24945.17274.2920

picture of Oxamic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 122.995 C1 C2 N6 110.569
C1 O5 H9 107.398 C2 C1 O4 123.413
C2 C1 O5 112.046 C2 N6 H7 119.343
C2 N6 H8 120.293 O3 C2 N6 126.436
O4 C1 O5 124.541 H7 N6 H8 120.364
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.354     0.601
2 C 0.390     0.637
3 O -0.322     -0.493
4 O -0.333     -0.517
5 O -0.464     -0.601
6 N -0.765     -0.966
7 H 0.362     0.448
8 H 0.377     0.423
9 H 0.401     0.469


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.230 0.703 0.000 2.338
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 2.232 0.686 0.000 2.335


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.285 7.859 0.006
y 7.859 -39.068 0.004
z 0.006 0.004 -33.460
Traceless
 xyz
x 11.979 7.859 0.006
y 7.859 -10.196 0.004
z 0.006 0.004 -1.784
Polar
3z2-r2-3.567
x2-y214.783
xy7.859
xz0.006
yz0.004


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.214 0.321 0.001
y 0.321 6.596 -0.000
z 0.001 -0.000 2.767


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 141.935
(<r2>)1/2 11.914

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.565085
Energy at 298.15K-358.570408
Nuclear repulsion energy233.704665
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 B3LYP/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 A' 3725 3600 65.94      
2 A' 3595 3473 61.69      
3 A' 3580 3459 100.61      
4 A' 1862 1800 225.27      
5 A' 1791 1731 336.39      
6 A' 1637 1582 76.64      
7 A' 1448 1399 242.06      
8 A' 1354 1309 340.17      
9 A' 1207 1167 19.23      
10 A' 1114 1076 2.08      
11 A' 802 775 10.55      
12 A' 634 613 13.52      
13 A' 545 527 1.99      
14 A' 410 396 7.10      
15 A' 278 268 39.57      
16 A" 830 802 1.77      
17 A" 756 730 124.22      
18 A" 671 649 4.26      
19 A" 480 464 175.31      
20 A" 399 385 107.93      
21 A" 118 114 6.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13618.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13159.2 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 B3LYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.19086 0.12602 0.07590

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.010 -0.797 0.000
C2 0.000 0.751 0.000
O3 -1.067 1.346 0.000
O4 1.016 -1.453 0.000
O5 -1.225 -1.290 0.000
N6 1.228 1.288 0.000
H7 1.347 2.288 0.000
H8 2.031 0.679 0.000
H9 -1.833 -0.525 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54792.39831.20111.32912.41533.36252.50351.8623
C21.54791.22162.42632.38001.34062.04382.03262.2326
O32.39831.22163.48862.64062.29582.59093.16912.0211
O41.20112.42633.48862.24682.74893.75522.36132.9962
O51.32912.38002.64062.24683.55864.40623.80530.9775
N62.41531.34062.29582.74893.55861.00691.00793.5572
H73.36252.04382.59093.75524.40621.00691.74844.2447
H82.50352.03263.16912.36133.80531.00791.74844.0471
H91.86232.23262.02112.99620.97753.55724.24474.0471

picture of Oxamic acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 119.517 C1 C2 N6 113.276
C1 O5 H9 106.689 C2 C1 O4 123.427
C2 C1 O5 111.405 C2 N6 H7 120.392
C2 N6 H8 119.203 O3 C2 N6 127.207
O4 C1 O5 125.168 H7 N6 H8 120.405
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.396      
2 C 0.351      
3 O -0.371      
4 O -0.318      
5 O -0.474      
6 N -0.756      
7 H 0.367      
8 H 0.385      
9 H 0.419      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.524 2.673 0.000 3.077
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.171 7.213 0.000
y 7.213 -37.682 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.408
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.374 7.213 0.000
y 7.213 -5.893 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.519
Polar
3z2-r21.038
x2-y27.511
xy7.213
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.028 0.030 0.000
y 0.030 5.569 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.752


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.771
(<r2>)1/2 11.822