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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31G*

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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.079901
Energy at 298.15K-358.084737
Nuclear repulsion energy230.355404
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 PBEPBE/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 A' 3643 3591 64.95      
2 A' 3562 3511 42.87      
3 A' 3505 3455 44.47      
4 A' 1785 1760 107.54      
5 A' 1763 1738 349.23      
6 A' 1559 1537 129.01      
7 A' 1385 1366 11.21      
8 A' 1291 1272 41.06      
9 A' 1158 1142 257.41      
10 A' 1066 1051 2.37      
11 A' 752 741 7.90      
12 A' 586 578 64.74      
13 A' 508 501 0.50      
14 A' 399 394 4.79      
15 A' 258 255 14.48      
16 A" 787 775 5.72      
17 A" 686 676 128.10      
18 A" 638 629 8.98      
19 A" 414 408 11.85      
20 A" 285 281 235.63      
21 A" 69 68 0.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13050.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12863.8 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.19144 0.11973 0.07366

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.754 0.000
C2 -0.057 -0.794 0.000
O3 -1.104 -1.433 0.000
O4 1.043 1.398 0.000
O5 -1.233 1.296 0.000
N6 1.206 -1.305 0.000
H7 1.339 -2.313 0.000
H8 2.004 -0.672 0.000
H9 -1.088 2.272 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54892.44981.22531.34732.38673.34662.45951.8670
C21.54891.22702.45162.39861.36232.06292.06383.2341
O32.44981.22703.55242.73212.31362.59683.19943.7044
O41.22532.45163.55242.27852.70783.72222.28192.3028
O51.34732.39862.73212.27853.56644.43213.78860.9861
N62.38671.36232.31362.70783.56641.01631.01834.2492
H73.34662.06292.59683.72224.43211.01631.77025.1871
H82.45952.06383.19942.28193.78861.01831.77024.2688
H91.86703.23413.70442.30280.98614.24925.18714.2688

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 123.479 C1 C2 N6 109.964
C1 O5 H9 105.228 C2 C1 O4 123.767
C2 C1 O5 111.632 C2 N6 H7 119.575
C2 N6 H8 119.501 O3 C2 N6 126.557
O4 C1 O5 124.601 H7 N6 H8 120.925
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.476      
2 C 0.508      
3 O -0.448      
4 O -0.442      
5 O -0.495      
6 N -0.718      
7 H 0.350      
8 H 0.361      
9 H 0.408      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.148 0.654 0.000 2.245
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.001 -9.869 0.000
y -9.869 -27.765 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.120
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.558 -9.869 0.000
y -9.869 5.795 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.237
Polar
3z2-r2-4.473
x2-y2-6.236
xy-9.869
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.870 -0.274 0.000
y -0.274 6.315 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.507


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 143.140
(<r2>)1/2 11.964

Conformer 2 (H in)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-358.087473
Energy at 298.15K-358.092609
Nuclear repulsion energy232.079422
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 PBEPBE/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 A' 3632 3580 72.60      
2 A' 3498 3448 54.65      
3 A' 3297 3250 139.81      
4 A' 1819 1793 201.33      
5 A' 1758 1733 211.79      
6 A' 1564 1541 72.71      
7 A' 1424 1403 307.33      
8 A' 1330 1311 226.41      
9 A' 1187 1170 7.82      
10 A' 1072 1057 6.53      
11 A' 780 769 8.90      
12 A' 609 601 9.04      
13 A' 528 520 1.21      
14 A' 394 389 9.34      
15 A' 267 263 40.90      
16 A" 803 792 73.71      
17 A" 760 749 23.40      
18 A" 663 654 1.42      
19 A" 444 438 111.49      
20 A" 347 342 154.67      
21 A" 124 122 3.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13149.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12961.4 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.18621 0.12589 0.07511

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.015 -0.800 0.000
C2 0.000 0.749 0.000
O3 -1.087 1.346 0.000
O4 1.033 -1.470 0.000
O5 -1.237 -1.279 0.000
N6 1.235 1.289 0.000
H7 1.364 2.298 0.000
H8 2.035 0.658 0.000
H9 -1.802 -0.452 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 N6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54852.41231.21991.34062.41923.37872.49161.8492
C21.54851.24052.44802.37551.34782.06412.03732.1649
O32.41231.24053.52582.62972.32242.62943.19731.9348
O41.21992.44803.52582.27902.76713.78282.35243.0126
O51.34062.37552.62972.27903.56474.42293.80301.0014
N62.41921.34782.32242.76713.56471.01681.01953.5000
H73.37872.06412.62943.78284.42291.01681.77184.1931
H82.49162.03733.19732.35243.80301.01951.77183.9941
H91.84922.16491.93483.01261.00143.50004.19313.9941

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 119.343 C1 C2 N6 113.105
C1 O5 H9 103.340 C2 C1 O4 123.897
C2 C1 O5 110.410 C2 N6 H7 120.961
C2 N6 H8 118.101 O3 C2 N6 127.552
O4 C1 O5 125.693 H7 N6 H8 120.938
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.518      
2 C 0.493      
3 O -0.490      
4 O -0.434      
5 O -0.526      
6 N -0.714      
7 H 0.357      
8 H 0.371      
9 H 0.424      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.613 2.694 0.000 3.140
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.797 6.922 0.000
y 6.922 -36.276 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.076
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.879 6.922 0.000
y 6.922 -4.839 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.040
Polar
3z2-r2-0.079
x2-y26.479
xy6.922
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.206 0.136 0.000
y 0.136 5.794 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.492


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 140.453
(<r2>)1/2 11.851