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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-378.040685
Energy at 298.15K-378.044729
HF Energy-378.040685
Nuclear repulsion energy232.635971
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
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 3446 3410 0.00      
2 Ag 1777 1759 0.00      
3 Ag 1414 1399 0.00      
4 Ag 1185 1173 0.00      
5 Ag 801 793 0.00      
6 Ag 552 546 0.00      
7 Ag 396 392 0.00      
8 Au 738 730 206.56      
9 Au 440 435 48.19      
10 Au 132 131 5.29      
11 Bg 795 787 0.00      
12 Bg 726 718 0.00      
13 Bu 3447 3411 168.03      
14 Bu 1808 1789 365.88      
15 Bu 1322 1308 802.98      
16 Bu 1174 1161 22.78      
17 Bu 650 644 21.94      
18 Bu 263 260 56.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10532.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10422.7 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
0.19010 0.12719 0.07620

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.055 0.772 0.000
C2 0.055 -0.772 0.000
O3 1.134 1.375 0.000
O4 -1.134 -1.375 0.000
O5 -1.134 1.332 0.000
O6 1.134 -1.332 0.000
H7 1.804 0.649 0.000
H8 -1.804 -0.649 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 O6 H7 H8
C11.54861.33302.40261.21482.41671.86392.2539
C21.54862.40261.33302.41671.21482.25391.8639
O31.33302.40263.56382.26792.70640.98803.5678
O42.40261.33303.56382.70642.26793.56780.9880
O51.21482.41672.26792.70643.49783.01642.0915
O62.41671.21482.70642.26793.49782.09153.0164
H71.86392.25390.98803.56783.01642.09153.8354
H82.25391.86393.56780.98802.09153.01643.8354

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 112.768 C1 C2 O6 121.518
C1 O3 H7 105.888 C2 C1 O3 112.768
C2 C1 O5 121.518 C2 O4 H8 105.888
O3 C1 O5 125.715 O4 C2 O6 125.715
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.300      
2 C 0.300      
3 O -0.418      
4 O -0.418      
5 O -0.292      
6 O -0.292      
7 H 0.410      
8 H 0.410      


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 -30.146 3.380 0.000
y 3.380 -42.325 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.700
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.867 3.380 0.000
y 3.380 -11.402 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.535
Polar
3z2-r29.070
x2-y212.179
xy3.380
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.692 -0.191 0.000
y -0.191 5.054 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.550


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.980
(<r2>)1/2 11.661