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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.425899
Energy at 298.15K-78.429076
HF Energy-78.064799
Nuclear repulsion energy33.437026
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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3180 3043 0.00      
2 Ag 1708 1635 0.00      
3 Ag 1389 1329 0.00      
4 Au 1041 997 0.00      
5 B1u 3159 3023 12.38      
6 B1u 1490 1426 8.62      
7 B2g 967 925 0.00      
8 B2u 3267 3126 17.60      
9 B2u 831 795 0.00      
10 B3g 3239 3100 0.00      
11 B3g 1256 1202 0.00      
12 B3u 985 942 91.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11255.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.957) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10771.5 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.91563 1.00852 0.83683

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ

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 0.922 1.230
H4 0.000 -0.922 1.230
H5 0.000 -0.922 -1.230
H6 0.000 0.922 -1.230

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.33001.08181.08182.10782.1078
C21.33002.10782.10781.08181.0818
H31.08182.10781.84473.07532.4607
H41.08182.10781.84472.46073.0753
H52.10781.08183.07532.46071.8447
H62.10781.08182.46073.07531.8447

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.506 C1 C2 H6 121.506
C2 C1 H3 121.506 C2 C1 H4 121.506
H3 C1 H4 116.988 H5 C2 H6 116.988
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability