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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.176634
Energy at 298.15K-378.180619
HF Energy-378.176634
Nuclear repulsion energy230.522570
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/6-31G
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 3530 3396 0.00      
2 Ag 1763 1696 0.00      
3 Ag 1366 1314 0.00      
4 Ag 1204 1158 0.00      
5 Ag 803 772 0.00      
6 Ag 555 534 0.00      
7 Ag 408 393 0.00      
8 Au 680 654 324.47      
9 Au 443 426 64.92      
10 Au 131 126 6.84      
11 Bg 764 735 0.00      
12 Bg 665 639 0.00      
13 Bu 3530 3396 175.34      
14 Bu 1789 1721 303.26      
15 Bu 1256 1208 835.16      
16 Bu 1189 1144 16.71      
17 Bu 653 628 19.61      
18 Bu 262 252 60.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10494.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10096.0 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/6-31G
ABC
0.18654 0.12550 0.07503

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.051 0.763 0.000
C2 0.051 -0.763 0.000
O3 1.143 1.392 0.000
O4 -1.143 -1.392 0.000
O5 -1.143 1.333 0.000
O6 1.143 -1.333 0.000
H7 1.884 0.741 0.000
H8 -1.884 -0.741 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53031.34932.41611.23112.41261.93542.3709
C21.53032.41611.34932.41261.23112.37091.9354
O31.34932.41613.60202.28602.72530.98703.7026
O42.41611.34933.60202.72532.28603.70260.9870
O51.23112.41262.28602.72533.51153.08412.2023
O62.41261.23112.72532.28603.51152.20233.0841
H71.93542.37090.98703.70263.08412.20234.0488
H82.37091.93543.70260.98702.20233.08414.0488

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 113.935 C1 C2 O6 121.405
C1 O3 H7 110.918 C2 C1 O3 113.935
C2 C1 O5 121.405 C2 O4 H8 110.918
O3 C1 O5 124.660 O4 C2 O6 124.660
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.493      
2 C 0.493      
3 O -0.524      
4 O -0.524      
5 O -0.386      
6 O -0.386      
7 H 0.417      
8 H 0.417      


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 -29.837 3.899 0.000
y 3.899 -45.036 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.653
Traceless
 xyz
x 8.507 3.899 0.000
y 3.899 -14.291 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.784
Polar
3z2-r211.569
x2-y215.199
xy3.899
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.659 -0.375 0.000
y -0.375 4.382 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.912


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.622
(<r2>)1/2 11.774