return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.573393
Energy at 298.15K-78.576542
HF Energy-78.573393
Nuclear repulsion energy33.270260
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 BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3060 3044 0.00 208.46 0.12 0.21
2 Ag 1635 1626 0.00 28.95 0.02 0.04
3 Ag 1347 1340 0.00 39.84 0.25 0.40
4 Au 1035 1029 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 B1u 3047 3030 19.49 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 1445 1437 8.30 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 943 937 0.00 3.02 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 3141 3124 24.26 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 817 813 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 3112 3095 0.00 129.66 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 1215 1208 0.00 0.27 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 946 941 94.56 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10871.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10811.4 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 BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
4.88628 0.99787 0.82865

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.667
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.667
H3 0.000 0.925 1.241
H4 0.000 -0.925 1.241
H5 0.000 -0.925 -1.241
H6 0.000 0.925 -1.241

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.33421.08891.08892.12092.1209
C21.33422.12092.12091.08891.0889
H31.08892.12091.85023.09642.4828
H41.08892.12091.85022.48283.0964
H52.12091.08893.09642.48281.8502
H62.12091.08892.48283.09641.8502

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.832 C1 C2 H6 121.832
C2 C1 H3 121.832 C2 C1 H4 121.832
H3 C1 H4 116.337 H5 C2 H6 116.337
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.292      
2 C -0.292      
3 H 0.146      
4 H 0.146      
5 H 0.146      
6 H 0.146      


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 -15.885 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.672 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.599
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.250 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.570 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.680
Polar
3z2-r23.359
x2-y2-3.213
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.366 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.717 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.337


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.497
(<r2>)1/2 4.847