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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-13.683509
Energy at 298.15K-13.686638
HF Energy-13.683509
Nuclear repulsion energy19.227381
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 3195 3035 0.00      
2 Ag 1725 1639 0.00      
3 Ag 1367 1299 0.00      
4 Au 1041 989 0.00      
5 B1u 3175 3016 24.41      
6 B1u 1449 1377 9.86      
7 B2g 925 879 0.00      
8 B2u 3288 3124 49.43      
9 B2u 798 758 2.14      
10 B3g 3245 3082 0.00      
11 B3g 1180 1121 0.00      
12 B3u 959 911 158.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11174.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9499) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10614.8 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 mPW1PW91/CEP-31G*
ABC
4.79262 0.96659 0.80436

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 0.681
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.681
H3 0.000 0.934 1.251
H4 0.000 -0.934 1.251
H5 0.000 -0.934 -1.251
H6 0.000 0.934 -1.251

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.36201.09431.09432.14602.1460
C21.36202.14602.14601.09431.0943
H31.09432.14601.86823.12262.5021
H41.09432.14601.86822.50213.1226
H52.14601.09433.12262.50211.8682
H62.14601.09432.50213.12261.8682

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.394 C1 C2 H6 121.394
C2 C1 H3 121.394 C2 C1 H4 121.394
H3 C1 H4 117.212 H5 C2 H6 117.212
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 -0.394      
2 C -0.394      
3 H 0.197      
4 H 0.197      
5 H 0.197      
6 H 0.197      


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 -15.558 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.622 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.713
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.890 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.013 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.877
Polar
3z2-r23.754
x2-y2-3.936
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.636 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.559 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.906


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 21.558
(<r2>)1/2 4.643