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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-375.789191
Energy at 298.15K-375.793334
HF Energy-375.554446
Nuclear repulsion energy230.827811
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 B2PLYP/3-21G*
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 3380 3380 0.00      
2 Ag 1750 1750 0.00      
3 Ag 1385 1385 0.00      
4 Ag 1202 1202 0.00      
5 Ag 774 774 0.00      
6 Ag 571 571 0.00      
7 Ag 406 406 0.00      
8 Au 734 734 292.02      
9 Au 473 473 40.29      
10 Au 168 168 2.96      
11 Bg 821 821 0.00      
12 Bg 731 731 0.00      
13 Bu 3382 3382 175.11      
14 Bu 1797 1797 176.51      
15 Bu 1299 1299 795.92      
16 Bu 1184 1184 58.48      
17 Bu 655 655 20.70      
18 Bu 259 259 65.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10485.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10485.8 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 B2PLYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.18366 0.12829 0.07553

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.057 0.764 0.000
C2 0.057 -0.764 0.000
O3 1.153 1.369 0.000
O4 -1.153 -1.369 0.000
O5 -1.153 1.328 0.000
O6 1.153 -1.328 0.000
H7 1.849 0.646 0.000
H8 -1.849 -0.646 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53241.35252.39821.23242.41641.90932.2803
C21.53242.39821.35252.41641.23242.28031.9093
O31.35252.39823.57942.30602.69661.00343.6153
O42.39821.35253.57942.69662.30603.61531.0034
O51.23242.41642.30602.69663.51663.07802.0929
O62.41641.23242.69662.30603.51662.09293.0780
H71.90932.28031.00343.61533.07802.09293.9169
H82.28031.90933.61531.00342.09293.07803.9169

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 112.309 C1 C2 O6 121.468
C1 O3 H7 107.348 C2 C1 O3 112.309
C2 C1 O5 121.468 C2 O4 H8 107.348
O3 C1 O5 126.222 O4 C2 O6 126.222
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.625      
2 C 0.625      
3 O -0.558      
4 O -0.558      
5 O -0.463      
6 O -0.463      
7 H 0.396      
8 H 0.396      


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 -30.179 2.797 0.000
y 2.797 -43.461 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.293
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.198 2.797 0.000
y 2.797 -12.725 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.527
Polar
3z2-r211.054
x2-y213.282
xy2.797
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.134 -0.335 0.000
y -0.335 3.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.522


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.279
(<r2>)1/2 11.717