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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/CEP-121G*

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-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-13.695531
Energy at 298.15K-13.698689
HF Energy-13.695531
Nuclear repulsion energy19.440540
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-121G*
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 3162 3004 0.00      
2 Ag 1692 1607 0.00      
3 Ag 1374 1305 0.00      
4 Au 1061 1008 0.00      
5 B1u 3145 2988 22.45      
6 B1u 1468 1394 8.93      
7 B2g 947 900 0.00      
8 B2u 3258 3095 36.63      
9 B2u 823 782 1.26      
10 B3g 3231 3069 0.00      
11 B3g 1229 1167 0.00      
12 B3u 969 920 125.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11179.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9499) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10619.1 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 mPW1PW91/CEP-121G*
ABC
4.86698 0.99629 0.82700

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/CEP-121G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.669
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.669
H3 0.000 0.927 1.240
H4 0.000 -0.927 1.240
H5 0.000 -0.927 -1.240
H6 0.000 0.927 -1.240

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.33711.08871.08872.12132.1213
C21.33712.12132.12131.08871.0887
H31.08872.12131.85393.09562.4791
H41.08872.12131.85392.47913.0956
H52.12131.08873.09562.47911.8539
H62.12131.08872.47913.09561.8539

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.633 C1 C2 H6 121.633
C2 C1 H3 121.633 C2 C1 H4 121.633
H3 C1 H4 116.733 H5 C2 H6 116.733
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.347      
2 C -0.347      
3 H 0.173      
4 H 0.173      
5 H 0.173      
6 H 0.173      


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 -15.653 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.995 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.891
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.710 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.777 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.933
Polar
3z2-r23.866
x2-y2-3.658
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.927 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.150 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.033


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 21.390
(<r2>)1/2 4.625