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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

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 D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.555381
Energy at 298.15K-78.558544
HF Energy-78.555381
Nuclear repulsion energy33.340030
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 3178 3040 0.00      
2 Ag 1723 1649 0.00      
3 Ag 1395 1335 0.00      
4 Au 1070 1024 0.00      
5 B1u 3161 3024 18.53      
6 B1u 1487 1422 6.56      
7 B2g 957 916 0.00      
8 B2u 3262 3121 29.54      
9 B2u 832 796 1.17      
10 B3g 3237 3097 0.00      
11 B3g 1243 1189 0.00      
12 B3u 975 933 94.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11259.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10772.1 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
4.89618 1.00320 0.83260

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.665
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.665
H3 0.000 0.924 1.239
H4 0.000 -0.924 1.239
H5 0.000 -0.924 -1.239
H6 0.000 0.924 -1.239

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.33031.08771.08772.11632.1163
C21.33032.11632.11631.08771.0877
H31.08772.11631.84833.09102.4775
H41.08772.11631.84832.47753.0910
H52.11631.08773.09102.47751.8483
H62.11631.08772.47753.09101.8483

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.827 C1 C2 H6 121.827
C2 C1 H3 121.827 C2 C1 H4 121.827
H3 C1 H4 116.346 H5 C2 H6 116.346
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.334      
2 C -0.334      
3 H 0.167      
4 H 0.167      
5 H 0.167      
6 H 0.167      


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 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.076 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.965 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.830
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.179 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.691
Polar
3z2-r23.382
x2-y2-3.111
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.272 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.021 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.572


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 22.956
(<r2>)1/2 4.791