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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/cc-pCVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/cc-pCVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.494830
Energy at 298.15K-78.498009
HF Energy-78.402225
Nuclear repulsion energy33.196875
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 B2PLYP/cc-pCVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3176 3176 0.00      
2 Ag 1694 1694 0.00      
3 Ag 1374 1374 0.00      
4 Au 1064 1064 0.00      
5 B1u 3159 3159 13.57      
6 B1u 1462 1462 6.76      
7 B2g 954 954 0.00      
8 B2u 3274 3274 21.33      
9 B2u 830 830 0.53      
10 B3g 3248 3248 0.00      
11 B3g 1240 1240 0.00      
12 B3u 973 973 76.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11223.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11223.2 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 B2PLYP/cc-pCVDZ
ABC
4.82397 0.99662 0.82598

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/cc-pCVDZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.668
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.668
H3 0.000 0.931 1.240
H4 0.000 -0.931 1.240
H5 0.000 -0.931 -1.240
H6 0.000 0.931 -1.240

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.33651.09251.09252.12312.1231
C21.33652.12312.12311.09251.0925
H31.09252.12311.86213.10102.4797
H41.09252.12311.86212.47973.1010
H52.12311.09253.10102.47971.8621
H62.12311.09252.47973.10101.8621

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.546 C1 C2 H6 121.546
C2 C1 H3 121.546 C2 C1 H4 121.546
H3 C1 H4 116.908 H5 C2 H6 116.908
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/cc-pCVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.063      
2 C -0.063      
3 H 0.032      
4 H 0.032      
5 H 0.032      
6 H 0.032      


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 -15.276 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.377 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.334
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.920 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.427 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.493
Polar
3z2-r22.985
x2-y2-2.898
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.587 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.752


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.300
(<r2>)1/2 4.827