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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2pd)

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/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.498459
Energy at 298.15K-78.501594
HF Energy-78.498459
Nuclear repulsion energy33.262857
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/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
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 3044 0.00      
2 Ag 1640 1624 0.00      
3 Ag 1339 1326 0.00      
4 Au 1034 1023 0.00      
5 B1u 3061 3030 16.14      
6 B1u 1423 1409 9.90      
7 B2g 936 926 0.00      
8 B2u 3162 3130 19.27      
9 B2u 804 796 0.19      
10 B3g 3134 3103 0.00      
11 B3g 1200 1188 0.00      
12 B3u 939 930 96.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10873.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.99) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10764.6 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/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
ABC
4.85466 1.00013 0.82928

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2pd)

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.666
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.666
H3 0.000 0.928 1.240
H4 0.000 -0.928 1.240
H5 0.000 -0.928 -1.240
H6 0.000 0.928 -1.240

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.33271.09111.09112.12032.1203
C21.33272.12032.12031.09111.0911
H31.09112.12031.85623.09782.4801
H41.09112.12031.85622.48013.0978
H52.12031.09113.09782.48011.8562
H62.12031.09112.48013.09781.8562

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.721 C1 C2 H6 121.721
C2 C1 H3 121.721 C2 C1 H4 121.721
H3 C1 H4 116.557 H5 C2 H6 116.557
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2pd) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.093      
2 C -0.093      
3 H 0.046      
4 H 0.046      
5 H 0.046      
6 H 0.046      


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 -15.799 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.493 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.420
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.342 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.616 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.726
Polar
3z2-r23.452
x2-y2-3.306
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.322 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.728 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.289


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.401
(<r2>)1/2 4.837