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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

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/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.425809
Energy at 298.15K-358.430657
Nuclear repulsion energy229.055505
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/6-31+G**
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' 3626 3607 71.47      
2 A' 3593 3574 58.24      
3 A' 3483 3464 45.76      
4 A' 1716 1707 108.73      
5 A' 1703 1694 474.16      
6 A' 1550 1542 108.58      
7 A' 1343 1336 4.93      
8 A' 1262 1255 56.56      
9 A' 1123 1117 281.12      
10 A' 1051 1046 4.37      
11 A' 735 731 5.51      
12 A' 586 582 64.35      
13 A' 501 498 0.58      
14 A' 397 394 4.41      
15 A' 258 257 14.31      
16 A" 785 780 6.17      
17 A" 655 652 122.30      
18 A" 613 610 12.80      
19 A" 415 413 9.99      
20 A" 330 329 207.48      
21 A" 63 63 4.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12893.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12825.2 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/6-31+G**
ABC
0.19056 0.11746 0.07267

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.763 0.000
C2 -0.052 -0.796 0.000
O3 -1.105 -1.435 0.000
O4 1.046 1.408 0.000
O5 -1.239 1.312 0.000
N6 1.209 -1.329 0.000
H7 1.318 -2.340 0.000
H8 2.025 -0.720 0.000
H9 -1.115 2.288 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.56042.46081.22901.35452.41673.37172.50991.8890
C21.56041.23232.46242.41901.36852.06382.07763.2625
O32.46081.23233.56552.75012.31642.58663.21053.7234
O41.22902.46243.56552.28712.74193.75772.34192.3339
O51.35452.41902.75012.28713.60054.45763.84390.9843
N62.41671.36852.31642.74193.60051.01671.01824.2995
H73.37172.06382.58663.75774.45761.01671.76745.2287
H82.50992.07763.21052.34193.84391.01821.76744.3482
H91.88903.26253.72342.33390.98434.29955.22874.3482

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 123.137 C1 C2 N6 111.030
C1 O5 H9 106.665 C2 C1 O4 123.522
C2 C1 O5 111.978 C2 N6 H7 119.093
C2 N6 H8 120.323 O3 C2 N6 125.832
O4 C1 O5 124.500 H7 N6 H8 120.585
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.392      
2 C 0.454      
3 O -0.499      
4 O -0.475      
5 O -0.371      
6 N -0.497      
7 H 0.314      
8 H 0.318      
9 H 0.362      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.277 0.600 0.000 2.355
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.557 8.383 0.003
y 8.383 -40.294 0.005
z 0.003 0.005 -34.615
Traceless
 xyz
x 11.897 8.383 0.003
y 8.383 -10.207 0.005
z 0.003 0.005 -1.690
Polar
3z2-r2-3.380
x2-y214.736
xy8.383
xz0.003
yz0.005


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> 146.023
(<r2>)1/2 12.084

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.431528
Energy at 298.15K-358.436598
Nuclear repulsion energy230.448518
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/6-31+G**
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' 3617 3598 76.28      
2 A' 3477 3459 57.10      
3 A' 3416 3398 126.97      
4 A' 1759 1749 247.86      
5 A' 1692 1684 302.64      
6 A' 1553 1544 64.21      
7 A' 1363 1356 146.83      
8 A' 1286 1280 354.05      
9 A' 1144 1138 20.44      
10 A' 1058 1052 2.93      
11 A' 756 752 10.04      
12 A' 602 599 10.82      
13 A' 516 514 1.88      
14 A' 384 382 6.01      
15 A' 255 254 41.51      
16 A" 776 772 4.84      
17 A" 727 724 98.07      
18 A" 637 633 3.50      
19 A" 441 439 116.82      
20 A" 377 375 119.39      
21 A" 110 110 7.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12972.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12904.2 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/6-31+G**
ABC
0.18610 0.12230 0.07380

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.015 -0.805 0.000
C2 0.000 0.756 0.000
O3 -1.088 1.359 0.000
O4 1.038 -1.475 0.000
O5 -1.235 -1.315 0.000
N6 1.234 1.317 0.000
H7 1.335 2.329 0.000
H8 2.056 0.714 0.000
H9 -1.846 -0.530 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.56092.42881.22271.35032.44653.40012.54381.8811
C21.56091.24382.46052.41111.35552.06292.05652.2498
O32.42881.24383.54262.67792.32262.60983.20942.0358
O41.22272.46053.54262.27862.79813.81502.41383.0344
O51.35032.41112.67792.27863.60844.45873.86600.9941
N62.44651.35552.32262.79813.60841.01731.01903.5913
H73.40012.06292.60983.81504.45871.01731.76844.2769
H82.54382.05653.20942.41383.86601.01901.76844.0954
H91.88112.24982.03583.03440.99413.59134.27694.0954

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 119.561 C1 C2 N6 113.855
C1 O5 H9 105.718 C2 C1 O4 123.790
C2 C1 O5 111.628 C2 N6 H7 120.104
C2 N6 H8 119.333 O3 C2 N6 126.584
O4 C1 O5 124.581 H7 N6 H8 120.564
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.467      
2 C 0.416      
3 O -0.548      
4 O -0.472      
5 O -0.381      
6 N -0.490      
7 H 0.318      
8 H 0.325      
9 H 0.365      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.607 2.716 0.000 3.155
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.372 7.672 0.000
y 7.672 -38.729 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.529
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.257 7.672 0.000
y 7.672 -5.778 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.521
Polar
3z2-r21.042
x2-y27.357
xy7.672
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.550 -0.001 0.000
y -0.001 7.157 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.037


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 143.819
(<r2>)1/2 11.992