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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-77.527610
Energy at 298.15K-77.530750
HF Energy-77.527610
Nuclear repulsion energy33.289411
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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
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 3464 3055 0.00 73.69 0.12 0.22
2 Ag 1874 1653 0.00 7.50 0.25 0.40
3 Ag 1499 1322 0.00 32.39 0.56 0.72
4 Au 1173 1035 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 B1u 3428 3024 21.82 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 1612 1422 3.57 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 1036 914 0.00 0.18 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 3604 3179 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 883 779 1.57 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 3588 3165 0.00 58.83 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 1336 1178 0.00 3.19 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 1045 922 42.64 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12271.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8821) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10824.4 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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
ABC
4.85626 1.00369 0.83178

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.663
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.663
H3 0.000 0.928 1.243
H4 0.000 -0.928 1.243
H5 0.000 -0.928 -1.243
H6 0.000 0.928 -1.243

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32681.09431.09432.12062.1206
C21.32682.12062.12061.09431.0943
H31.09432.12061.85593.10302.4868
H41.09432.12061.85592.48683.1030
H52.12061.09433.10302.48681.8559
H62.12061.09432.48683.10301.8559

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 122.006 C1 C2 H6 122.006
C2 C1 H3 122.006 C2 C1 H4 122.006
H3 C1 H4 115.988 H5 C2 H6 115.988
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.166      
2 C -0.166      
3 H 0.083      
4 H 0.083      
5 H 0.083      
6 H 0.083      


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 -13.489 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.521 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.589
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.934 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.018 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.916
Polar
3z2-r21.832
x2-y2-1.968
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.398 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.599 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.616


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 22.530
(<r2>)1/2 4.747