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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-376.073848
Energy at 298.15K-376.077994
HF Energy-376.073848
Nuclear repulsion energy231.969990
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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 3363 3227 0.00      
2 Ag 1795 1723 0.00      
3 Ag 1390 1334 0.00      
4 Ag 1205 1156 0.00      
5 Ag 786 754 0.00      
6 Ag 573 550 0.00      
7 Ag 395 379 0.00      
8 Au 753 722 292.00      
9 Au 479 459 39.79      
10 Au 170 163 3.44      
11 Bg 833 799 0.00      
12 Bg 752 721 0.00      
13 Bu 3366 3230 188.55      
14 Bu 1844 1769 222.99      
15 Bu 1293 1241 852.23      
16 Bu 1206 1157 22.77      
17 Bu 658 631 21.24      
18 Bu 242 232 74.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10550.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10122.4 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.18518 0.12982 0.07632

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.056 0.763 0.000
C2 0.056 -0.763 0.000
O3 1.148 1.359 0.000
O4 -1.148 -1.359 0.000
O5 -1.148 1.321 0.000
O6 1.148 -1.321 0.000
H7 1.838 0.628 0.000
H8 -1.838 -0.628 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53041.34332.38691.22642.40671.89892.2610
C21.53042.38691.34332.40671.22642.26101.8989
O31.34332.38693.55832.29662.67981.00553.5870
O42.38691.34333.55832.67982.29663.58701.0055
O51.22642.40672.29662.67983.50003.06572.0672
O62.40671.22642.67982.29663.50002.06723.0657
H71.89892.26101.00553.58703.06572.06723.8851
H82.26101.89893.58701.00552.06723.06573.8851

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 112.156 C1 C2 O6 121.219
C1 O3 H7 107.008 C2 C1 O3 112.156
C2 C1 O5 121.219 C2 O4 H8 107.008
O3 C1 O5 126.625 O4 C2 O6 126.625
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.627      
2 C 0.627      
3 O -0.558      
4 O -0.558      
5 O -0.474      
6 O -0.474      
7 H 0.404      
8 H 0.404      


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 -29.973 2.936 0.000
y 2.936 -43.133 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.183
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.185 2.936 0.000
y 2.936 -12.555 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.370
Polar
3z2-r210.740
x2-y213.160
xy2.936
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.023 -0.313 0.000
y -0.313 3.920 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.551


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.932
(<r2>)1/2 11.659