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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-74.738848
Energy at 298.15K-74.742946
HF Energy-74.738848
Nuclear repulsion energy124.837583
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 HF/CEP-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 4008 3613 0.00      
2 Ag 1931 1740 0.00      
3 Ag 1480 1334 0.00      
4 Ag 1287 1160 0.00      
5 Ag 871 786 0.00      
6 Ag 593 534 0.00      
7 Ag 436 393 0.00      
8 Au 619 558 478.23      
9 Au 496 447 120.26      
10 Au 114 102 8.21      
11 Bg 871 785 0.00      
12 Bg 602 543 0.00      
13 Bu 4008 3613 373.14      
14 Bu 1917 1728 603.57      
15 Bu 1308 1179 1049.84      
16 Bu 1265 1141 9.66      
17 Bu 696 628 27.12      
18 Bu 276 249 59.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11388.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10265.7 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
0.19026 0.12360 0.07492

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.046 0.774 0.000
C2 0.046 -0.774 0.000
O3 1.131 1.414 0.000
O4 -1.131 -1.414 0.000
O5 -1.131 1.322 0.000
O6 1.131 -1.322 0.000
H7 1.915 0.856 0.000
H8 -1.915 -0.856 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.55031.33992.44181.21582.40381.96272.4798
C21.55032.44181.33992.40381.21582.47981.9627
O31.33992.44183.62102.26422.73570.96183.7988
O42.44181.33993.62102.73572.26423.79880.9618
O51.21582.40382.26422.73573.47993.08162.3149
O62.40381.21582.73572.26423.47992.31493.0816
H71.96272.47980.96183.79883.08162.31494.1952
H82.47981.96273.79880.96182.31493.08164.1952

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 115.123 C1 C2 O6 120.211
C1 O3 H7 116.050 C2 C1 O3 115.123
C2 C1 O5 120.211 C2 O4 H8 116.050
O3 C1 O5 124.666 O4 C2 O6 124.666
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.160      
2 C 0.160      
3 O -0.424      
4 O -0.424      
5 O -0.201      
6 O -0.201      
7 H 0.465      
8 H 0.465      


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 -30.884 5.166 0.000
y 5.166 -48.501 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.174
Traceless
 xyz
x 9.453 5.166 0.000
y 5.166 -16.972 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.518
Polar
3z2-r215.037
x2-y217.617
xy5.166
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.269 -0.795 0.000
y -0.795 3.910 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.251


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 112.497
(<r2>)1/2 10.606