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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

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 B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.416925
Energy at 298.15K-358.422045
Nuclear repulsion energy232.850084
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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' 3755 3615 66.45      
2 A' 3750 3610 51.15      
3 A' 3619 3484 51.42      
4 A' 1845 1776 72.16      
5 A' 1825 1757 547.34      
6 A' 1636 1575 131.09      
7 A' 1433 1380 11.63      
8 A' 1333 1283 50.59      
9 A' 1212 1167 313.41      
10 A' 1109 1068 1.99      
11 A' 784 754 10.59      
12 A' 616 593 75.11      
13 A' 531 511 0.44      
14 A' 416 401 4.29      
15 A' 269 259 14.59      
16 A" 846 814 5.19      
17 A" 705 679 164.63      
18 A" 648 624 11.41      
19 A" 446 430 36.10      
20 A" 365 351 222.44      
21 A" 73 70 4.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13608.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13100.9 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.19673 0.12143 0.07509

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.752 0.000
C2 -0.057 -0.789 0.000
O3 -1.094 -1.410 0.000
O4 1.032 1.377 0.000
O5 -1.211 1.297 0.000
N6 1.189 -1.307 0.000
H7 1.309 -2.305 0.000
H8 1.990 -0.698 0.000
H9 -1.093 2.258 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54212.42271.20631.32782.37803.32612.46251.8608
C21.54211.20822.42452.38331.35022.04152.04983.2181
O32.42271.20823.50492.70872.28572.56493.16543.6675
O41.20632.42453.50492.24412.68893.69312.28592.3001
O51.32782.38332.70872.24413.54134.39623.77180.9686
N62.37801.35022.28572.68893.54131.00551.00624.2331
H73.32612.04152.56493.69314.39621.00551.74575.1572
H82.46252.04983.16542.28593.77181.00621.74574.2715
H91.86083.21813.66752.30010.96864.23315.15724.2715

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 123.044 C1 C2 N6 110.432
C1 O5 H9 107.221 C2 C1 O4 123.349
C2 C1 O5 112.076 C2 N6 H7 119.418
C2 N6 H8 120.181 O3 C2 N6 126.524
O4 C1 O5 124.574 H7 N6 H8 120.401
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.371      
2 C 0.408      
3 O -0.337      
4 O -0.347      
5 O -0.474      
6 N -0.796      
7 H 0.374      
8 H 0.390      
9 H 0.410      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.239 0.723 0.000 2.353
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.965 7.937 0.006
y 7.937 -38.805 0.002
z 0.006 0.002 -33.348
Traceless
 xyz
x 12.111 7.937 0.006
y 7.937 -10.148 0.002
z 0.006 0.002 -1.963
Polar
3z2-r2-3.927
x2-y214.839
xy7.937
xz0.006
yz0.002


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> 141.131
(<r2>)1/2 11.880

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.422918
Energy at 298.15K-358.428271
Nuclear repulsion energy234.344427
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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' 3745 3605 71.22      
2 A' 3611 3477 62.70      
3 A' 3581 3448 111.87      
4 A' 1882 1812 235.09      
5 A' 1813 1745 338.10      
6 A' 1638 1577 78.17      
7 A' 1461 1407 240.71      
8 A' 1363 1312 353.31      
9 A' 1219 1174 9.72      
10 A' 1115 1073 3.68      
11 A' 811 781 10.66      
12 A' 635 612 12.93      
13 A' 548 527 2.02      
14 A' 410 395 8.29      
15 A' 276 266 40.88      
16 A" 835 804 2.20      
17 A" 769 741 124.77      
18 A" 676 651 3.64      
19 A" 485 467 195.31      
20 A" 406 391 92.90      
21 A" 120 116 6.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13700.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13189.1 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.19144 0.12708 0.07638

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.010 -0.796 0.000
C2 0.000 0.747 0.000
O3 -1.067 1.339 0.000
O4 1.016 -1.450 0.000
O5 -1.221 -1.282 0.000
N6 1.225 1.283 0.000
H7 1.345 2.282 0.000
H8 2.026 0.673 0.000
H9 -1.820 -0.509 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54292.39121.19991.32392.40783.35482.49401.8524
C21.54291.22032.42092.36821.33702.04092.02742.2116
O32.39121.22033.48132.62542.29262.59003.16411.9958
O41.19992.42093.48132.24332.74173.74702.35132.9877
O51.32392.36822.62542.24333.54444.39183.79020.9773
N62.40781.33702.29262.74173.54441.00601.00743.5333
H73.35482.04092.59003.74704.39181.00601.74754.2201
H82.49402.02743.16412.35133.79021.00741.74754.0236
H91.85242.21161.99582.98770.97733.53334.22014.0236

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 119.391 C1 C2 N6 113.266
C1 O5 H9 106.235 C2 C1 O4 123.445
C2 C1 O5 111.166 C2 N6 H7 120.508
C2 N6 H8 119.053 O3 C2 N6 127.343
O4 C1 O5 125.390 H7 N6 H8 120.439
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.416      
2 C 0.369      
3 O -0.387      
4 O -0.334      
5 O -0.483      
6 N -0.787      
7 H 0.378      
8 H 0.398      
9 H 0.429      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.550 2.710 0.000 3.122
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.950 7.229 0.000
y 7.229 -37.380 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.294
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.387 7.229 0.000
y 7.229 -5.758 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.371
Polar
3z2-r20.741
x2-y27.430
xy7.229
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.972 0.009 0.000
y 0.009 5.515 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.760


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.886
(<r2>)1/2 11.785