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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.027469
Energy at 298.15K-378.031506
HF Energy-377.697166
Nuclear repulsion energy232.913800
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 B2PLYP/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 Ag 3683 3508 0.00      
2 Ag 1821 1734 0.00      
3 Ag 1449 1380 0.00      
4 Ag 1224 1166 0.00      
5 Ag 826 787 0.00      
6 Ag 560 533 0.00      
7 Ag 409 390 0.00      
8 Au 690 657 217.59      
9 Au 458 436 66.19      
10 Au 119 113 6.85      
11 Bg 792 754 0.00      
12 Bg 676 644 0.00      
13 Bu 3686 3511 270.49      
14 Bu 1840 1753 459.50      
15 Bu 1332 1269 820.46      
16 Bu 1208 1150 9.28      
17 Bu 663 631 22.07      
18 Bu 264 252 53.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10849.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9524) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10333.2 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 B2PLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.19169 0.12673 0.07629

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.051 0.769 0.000
C2 0.051 -0.769 0.000
O3 1.129 1.382 0.000
O4 -1.129 -1.382 0.000
O5 -1.129 1.328 0.000
O6 1.129 -1.328 0.000
H7 1.821 0.694 0.000
H8 -1.821 -0.694 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54181.32912.40641.21412.40621.87342.2965
C21.54182.40641.32912.40621.21412.29651.8734
O31.32912.40643.56902.25772.71050.97693.6069
O42.40641.32913.56902.71052.25773.60690.9769
O51.21412.40622.25772.71053.48573.01722.1371
O62.40621.21412.71052.25773.48572.13713.0172
H71.87342.29650.97693.60693.01722.13713.8975
H82.29651.87343.60690.97692.13713.01723.8975

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 113.699 C1 C2 O6 121.185
C1 O3 H7 107.685 C2 C1 O3 113.699
C2 C1 O5 121.185 C2 O4 H8 107.685
O3 C1 O5 125.115 O4 C2 O6 125.115
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.516      
2 C 0.516      
3 O -0.426      
4 O -0.426      
5 O -0.472      
6 O -0.472      
7 H 0.382      
8 H 0.382      


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 -30.949 3.821 0.000
y 3.821 -43.943 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.414
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.230 3.821 0.000
y 3.821 -12.262 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.032
Polar
3z2-r210.064
x2-y212.994
xy3.821
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.341 -0.377 0.000
y -0.377 5.731 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.357


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 136.620
(<r2>)1/2 11.688