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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.029120
Energy at 298.15K-378.033128
HF Energy-378.029120
Nuclear repulsion energy231.123881
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 B3PW91/6-31G
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 3552 3402 0.00      
2 Ag 1781 1706 0.00      
3 Ag 1381 1323 0.00      
4 Ag 1207 1156 0.00      
5 Ag 812 778 0.00      
6 Ag 558 535 0.00      
7 Ag 409 392 0.00      
8 Au 688 659 333.03      
9 Au 447 428 65.03      
10 Au 132 126 7.17      
11 Bg 771 738 0.00      
12 Bg 674 646 0.00      
13 Bu 3552 3402 192.82      
14 Bu 1807 1731 317.13      
15 Bu 1261 1208 848.68      
16 Bu 1201 1150 8.06      
17 Bu 656 628 20.30      
18 Bu 260 249 63.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10574.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10126.9 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 B3PW91/6-31G
ABC
0.18717 0.12642 0.07546

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.050 0.762 0.000
C2 0.050 -0.762 0.000
O3 1.141 1.385 0.000
O4 -1.141 -1.385 0.000
O5 -1.141 1.330 0.000
O6 1.141 -1.330 0.000
H7 1.879 0.732 0.000
H8 -1.879 -0.732 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.52671.34432.40791.22972.40721.92942.3610
C21.52672.40791.34432.40721.22972.36101.9294
O31.34432.40793.58872.28192.71550.98583.6877
O42.40791.34433.58872.71552.28193.68770.9858
O51.22972.40722.28192.71553.50473.07822.1904
O62.40721.22972.71552.28193.50472.19043.0782
H71.92942.36100.98583.68773.07822.19044.0328
H82.36101.92943.68770.98582.19043.07824.0328

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 113.854 C1 C2 O6 121.325
C1 O3 H7 110.859 C2 C1 O3 113.854
C2 C1 O5 121.325 C2 O4 H8 110.859
O3 C1 O5 124.820 O4 C2 O6 124.820
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.506      
2 C 0.506      
3 O -0.540      
4 O -0.540      
5 O -0.398      
6 O -0.398      
7 H 0.432      
8 H 0.432      


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 -29.688 3.903 0.000
y 3.903 -45.026 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.669
Traceless
 xyz
x 8.659 3.903 0.000
y 3.903 -14.348 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.688
Polar
3z2-r211.377
x2-y215.338
xy3.903
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.616 -0.378 0.000
y -0.378 4.350 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.931


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.920
(<r2>)1/2 11.744