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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-377.742264
Energy at 298.15K-377.746223
HF Energy-377.502843
Nuclear repulsion energy229.630122
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/6-31G
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 3548 3548 0.00      
2 Ag 1728 1728 0.00      
3 Ag 1365 1365 0.00      
4 Ag 1209 1209 0.00      
5 Ag 797 797 0.00      
6 Ag 553 553 0.00      
7 Ag 411 411 0.00      
8 Au 673 673 336.35      
9 Au 436 436 66.82      
10 Au 127 127 6.35      
11 Bg 747 747 0.00      
12 Bg 656 656 0.00      
13 Bu 3548 3548 195.17      
14 Bu 1753 1753 254.89      
15 Bu 1260 1260 804.16      
16 Bu 1177 1177 41.83      
17 Bu 649 649 19.65      
18 Bu 266 266 57.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10450.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10450.7 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/6-31G
ABC
0.18501 0.12459 0.07445

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.051 0.764 0.000
C2 0.051 -0.764 0.000
O3 1.147 1.397 0.000
O4 -1.147 -1.397 0.000
O5 -1.147 1.339 0.000
O6 1.147 -1.339 0.000
H7 1.891 0.750 0.000
H8 -1.891 -0.750 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.53071.35562.42281.23812.42041.94212.3822
C21.53072.42281.35562.42041.23812.38221.9421
O31.35562.42283.61552.29542.73620.98583.7202
O42.42281.35563.61552.73622.29543.72020.9858
O51.23812.42042.29542.73623.52693.09492.2174
O62.42041.23812.73622.29543.52692.21743.0949
H71.94212.38220.98583.72023.09492.21744.0683
H82.38221.94213.72020.98582.21743.09494.0683

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 114.022 C1 C2 O6 121.538
C1 O3 H7 111.109 C2 C1 O3 114.022
C2 C1 O5 121.538 C2 O4 H8 111.109
O3 C1 O5 124.440 O4 C2 O6 124.440
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.517      
2 C 0.517      
3 O -0.550      
4 O -0.550      
5 O -0.393      
6 O -0.393      
7 H 0.426      
8 H 0.426      


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 -30.044 3.750 0.000
y 3.750 -45.609 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.930
Traceless
 xyz
x 8.726 3.750 0.000
y 3.750 -14.622 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.897
Polar
3z2-r211.794
x2-y215.565
xy3.750
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.762 -0.387 0.000
y -0.387 4.384 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.907


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.746
(<r2>)1/2 11.821