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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.181795
Energy at 298.15K-378.185738
HF Energy-378.181795
Nuclear repulsion energy230.131253
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 TPSSh/6-31G
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 3467 3336 0.00      
2 Ag 1740 1674 0.00      
3 Ag 1355 1304 0.00      
4 Ag 1193 1148 0.00      
5 Ag 792 762 0.00      
6 Ag 549 528 0.00      
7 Ag 398 383 0.00      
8 Au 690 664 309.20      
9 Au 433 416 60.47      
10 Au 132 127 6.71      
11 Bg 755 726 0.00      
12 Bg 674 649 0.00      
13 Bu 3467 3336 153.92      
14 Bu 1771 1704 280.09      
15 Bu 1251 1203 811.93      
16 Bu 1176 1131 22.10      
17 Bu 637 613 20.32      
18 Bu 252 243 62.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10366.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9621) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9973.4 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 TPSSh/6-31G
ABC
0.18513 0.12569 0.07486

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/6-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.052 0.762 0.000
C2 0.052 -0.762 0.000
O3 1.147 1.390 0.000
O4 -1.147 -1.390 0.000
O5 -1.147 1.335 0.000
O6 1.147 -1.335 0.000
H7 1.877 0.718 0.000
H8 -1.877 -0.718 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.52851.35332.41491.23602.41611.92982.3505
C21.52852.41491.35332.41611.23602.35051.9298
O31.35332.41493.60432.29532.72480.99203.6868
O42.41491.35333.60432.72482.29533.68680.9920
O51.23602.41612.29532.72483.52063.08702.1791
O62.41611.23602.72482.29533.52062.17913.0870
H71.92982.35050.99203.68683.08702.17914.0202
H82.35051.92983.68680.99202.17913.08704.0202

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 113.718 C1 C2 O6 121.488
C1 O3 H7 109.779 C2 C1 O3 113.718
C2 C1 O5 121.488 C2 O4 H8 109.779
O3 C1 O5 124.793 O4 C2 O6 124.793
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.508      
2 C 0.508      
3 O -0.530      
4 O -0.530      
5 O -0.400      
6 O -0.400      
7 H 0.423      
8 H 0.423      


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


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.789 -0.350 0.000
y -0.350 4.537 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.952


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.788
(<r2>)1/2 11.781