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

using model chemistry: HF/STO-3G

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-371.299525
Energy at 298.15K-371.302983
HF Energy-371.299525
Nuclear repulsion energy228.639936
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/STO-3G
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 4221 3447 0.00      
2 Ag 2153 1758 0.00      
3 Ag 1633 1333 0.00      
4 Ag 1447 1182 0.00      
5 Ag 885 722 0.00      
6 Ag 600 490 0.00      
7 Ag 371 303 0.00      
8 Au 566 462 161.19      
9 Au 447 365 69.38      
10 Au 119 98 0.96      
11 Bg 821 670 0.00      
12 Bg 555 453 0.00      
13 Bu 4222 3447 14.83      
14 Bu 2135 1743 108.02      
15 Bu 1572 1284 367.55      
16 Bu 1333 1088 102.90      
17 Bu 668 545 29.40      
18 Bu 169 138 27.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11958.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9764.4 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 HF/STO-3G
ABC
0.18688 0.12046 0.07325

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/STO-3G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.061 0.780 0.000
C2 0.061 -0.780 0.000
O3 1.146 1.447 0.000
O4 -1.146 -1.447 0.000
O5 -1.146 1.330 0.000
O6 1.146 -1.330 0.000
H7 1.824 0.723 0.000
H8 -1.824 -0.723 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.56481.37962.47761.21692.43131.88592.3170
C21.56482.47761.37962.43131.21692.31701.8859
O31.37962.47763.69252.29602.77730.99133.6791
O42.47761.37963.69252.77732.29603.67910.9913
O51.21692.43132.29602.77733.51223.03182.1625
O62.43131.21692.77732.29603.51222.16253.0318
H71.88592.31700.99133.67913.03182.16253.9245
H82.31701.88593.67910.99132.16253.03183.9245

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 114.444 C1 C2 O6 121.352
C1 O3 H7 104.195 C2 C1 O3 114.444
C2 C1 O5 121.352 C2 O4 H8 104.195
O3 C1 O5 124.204 O4 C2 O6 124.204
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.285      
2 C 0.285      
3 O -0.276      
4 O -0.276      
5 O -0.238      
6 O -0.238      
7 H 0.230      
8 H 0.230      


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 -29.091 1.504 0.000
y 1.504 -38.808 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.849
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.238 1.504 0.000
y 1.504 -10.338 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.100
Polar
3z2-r212.200
x2-y29.718
xy1.504
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.468 -0.743 0.000
y -0.743 2.533 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.676


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.862
(<r2>)1/2 11.784