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

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

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 BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-356.402422
Energy at 298.15K-356.407587
Nuclear repulsion energy227.836395
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 BLYP/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 A' 3548 3525 49.17      
2 A' 3402 3380 34.17      
3 A' 3294 3273 8.65      
4 A' 1703 1692 128.36      
5 A' 1669 1658 123.82      
6 A' 1579 1569 181.81      
7 A' 1352 1344 6.04      
8 A' 1266 1258 57.16      
9 A' 1073 1066 86.53      
10 A' 1058 1051 151.51      
11 A' 703 698 2.90      
12 A' 577 573 53.85      
13 A' 510 507 3.55      
14 A' 403 400 10.50      
15 A' 254 252 12.26      
16 A" 817 812 0.51      
17 A" 663 659 160.55      
18 A" 654 649 125.65      
19 A" 577 573 127.99      
20 A" 411 409 50.93      
21 A" 115 115 5.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12814.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12730.9 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.18475 0.11890 0.07234

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.748 0.000
C2 -0.052 -0.804 0.000
O3 -1.099 -1.477 0.000
O4 1.047 1.418 0.000
O5 -1.274 1.283 0.000
N6 1.239 -1.270 0.000
H7 1.426 -2.273 0.000
H8 2.000 -0.585 0.000
H9 -1.176 2.291 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.55272.48171.24291.38182.36823.34122.40371.9402
C21.55271.24472.47842.41821.37272.08452.06373.2926
O32.48171.24473.60342.76552.34712.64793.22483.7686
O41.24292.47843.60342.32512.69453.71032.21782.3892
O51.38182.41822.76552.32513.58244.46533.76961.0125
N62.36821.37272.34712.69453.58241.02051.02404.3030
H73.34122.08452.64793.71034.46531.02051.78305.2542
H82.40372.06373.22482.21783.76961.02401.78304.2852
H91.94023.29263.76862.38921.01254.30305.25424.2852

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 124.665 C1 C2 N6 107.943
C1 O5 H9 107.257 C2 C1 O4 124.510
C2 C1 O5 110.854 C2 N6 H7 120.442
C2 N6 H8 118.146 O3 C2 N6 127.392
O4 C1 O5 124.636 H7 N6 H8 121.412
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.539      
2 C 0.543      
3 O -0.444      
4 O -0.453      
5 O -0.476      
6 N -0.684      
7 H 0.309      
8 H 0.316      
9 H 0.351      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.193 0.837 0.000 2.348
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-356.411568
Energy at 298.15K-356.417009
Nuclear repulsion energy229.741227
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 BLYP/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 A' 3530 3507 56.63      
2 A' 3389 3367 43.01      
3 A' 2971 2952 101.36      
4 A' 1741 1729 133.27      
5 A' 1674 1663 133.35      
6 A' 1583 1573 69.96      
7 A' 1369 1360 262.35      
8 A' 1304 1295 243.84      
9 A' 1109 1102 18.56      
10 A' 1079 1072 5.16      
11 A' 724 720 9.42      
12 A' 608 604 5.70      
13 A' 536 532 0.44      
14 A' 395 392 8.69      
15 A' 267 265 47.32      
16 A" 832 827 98.47      
17 A" 799 794 20.62      
18 A" 690 686 59.38      
19 A" 628 624 249.25      
20 A" 434 431 5.18      
21 A" 163 162 6.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12912.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12828.2 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.17913 0.12602 0.07398

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.032 -0.799 0.000
C2 0.000 0.754 0.000
O3 -1.120 1.339 0.000
O4 1.068 -1.476 0.000
O5 -1.255 -1.277 0.000
N6 1.240 1.293 0.000
H7 1.390 2.303 0.000
H8 2.030 0.638 0.000
H9 -1.826 -0.415 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.55322.42861.23791.37322.41553.38622.46061.8969
C21.55321.26382.47282.38811.35182.08102.03292.1680
O32.42861.26383.56572.62022.36042.68863.22701.8906
O41.23792.47283.56572.33162.77453.79312.32243.0823
O51.37322.38812.62022.33163.58224.45163.80241.0344
N62.41551.35182.36042.77453.58221.02131.02633.5092
H73.38622.08102.68863.79314.45161.02131.78434.2103
H82.46062.03293.22702.32243.80241.02631.78433.9965
H91.89692.16801.89063.08231.03443.50924.21033.9965

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 118.750 C1 C2 N6 112.321
C1 O5 H9 103.078 C2 C1 O4 124.349
C2 C1 O5 109.232 C2 N6 H7 121.927
C2 N6 H8 116.827 O3 C2 N6 128.930
O4 C1 O5 126.419 H7 N6 H8 121.246
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.578      
2 C 0.533      
3 O -0.469      
4 O -0.447      
5 O -0.503      
6 N -0.691      
7 H 0.318      
8 H 0.327      
9 H 0.353      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.770 2.984 0.000 3.470
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.354 6.547 0.000
y 6.547 -36.606 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.933
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.415 6.547 0.000
y 6.547 -4.963 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.548
Polar
3z2-r21.095
x2-y26.252
xy6.547
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.784 0.139 0.000
y 0.139 5.178 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.647


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 142.378
(<r2>)1/2 11.932