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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.491294
Energy at 298.15K-78.494429
HF Energy-78.491294
Nuclear repulsion energy33.204561
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G**
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 3075 3047 0.00      
2 Ag 1645 1630 0.00      
3 Ag 1340 1328 0.00      
4 Au 1037 1028 0.00      
5 B1u 3060 3032 19.55      
6 B1u 1419 1406 9.08      
7 B2g 923 915 0.00      
8 B2u 3162 3133 28.34      
9 B2u 805 797 1.03      
10 B3g 3133 3105 0.00      
11 B3g 1195 1184 0.00      
12 B3u 935 927 98.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10864.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10765.3 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G**
ABC
4.83869 0.99661 0.82640

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G**

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.667
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.667
H3 0.000 0.930 1.243
H4 0.000 -0.930 1.243
H5 0.000 -0.930 -1.243
H6 0.000 0.930 -1.243

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.33491.09311.09312.12422.1242
C21.33492.12422.12421.09311.0931
H31.09312.12421.85933.10362.4850
H41.09312.12421.85932.48503.1036
H52.12421.09313.10362.48501.8593
H62.12421.09312.48503.10361.8593

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.741 C1 C2 H6 121.741
C2 C1 H3 121.741 C2 C1 H4 121.741
H3 C1 H4 116.518 H5 C2 H6 116.518
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.236      
2 C -0.236      
3 H 0.118      
4 H 0.118      
5 H 0.118      
6 H 0.118      


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 -15.457 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.304 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.287
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.162 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.569 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.593
Polar
3z2-r23.187
x2-y2-3.154
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.861 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.271 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.939


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.316
(<r2>)1/2 4.829