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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/CEP-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 mPW1PW91/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-13.668238
Energy at 298.15K-13.671403
HF Energy-13.668238
Nuclear repulsion energy19.202287
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 mPW1PW91/CEP-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 3203 3042 0.00      
2 Ag 1708 1622 0.00      
3 Ag 1384 1314 0.00      
4 Au 1047 995 0.00      
5 B1u 3176 3017 28.48      
6 B1u 1475 1401 14.70      
7 B2g 980 931 0.00      
8 B2u 3306 3140 77.52      
9 B2u 827 785 4.05      
10 B3g 3259 3096 0.00      
11 B3g 1206 1145 0.00      
12 B3u 990 941 190.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11279.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9499) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10714.7 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 mPW1PW91/CEP-31G
ABC
4.81160 0.96004 0.80035

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/CEP-31G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.684
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.684
H3 0.000 0.932 1.255
H4 0.000 -0.932 1.255
H5 0.000 -0.932 -1.255
H6 0.000 0.932 -1.255

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.36701.09331.09332.15082.1508
C21.36702.15082.15081.09331.0933
H31.09332.15081.86453.12632.5094
H41.09332.15081.86452.50943.1263
H52.15081.09333.12632.50941.8645
H62.15081.09332.50943.12631.8645

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.496 C1 C2 H6 121.496
C2 C1 H3 121.496 C2 C1 H4 121.496
H3 C1 H4 117.008 H5 C2 H6 117.008
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.357      
2 C -0.357      
3 H 0.179      
4 H 0.179      
5 H 0.179      
6 H 0.179      


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 -15.628 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.717 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.802
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.868 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.998 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.870
Polar
3z2-r23.740
x2-y2-3.911
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.494 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.459 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.895


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 21.661
(<r2>)1/2 4.654