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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pCVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.474200
Energy at 298.15K-78.477336
HF Energy-78.474200
Nuclear repulsion energy33.030136
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 PBEPBE/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 3082 3082 0.00      
2 Ag 1650 1650 0.00      
3 Ag 1327 1327 0.00      
4 Au 1030 1030 0.00      
5 B1u 3065 3065 15.34      
6 B1u 1394 1394 6.61      
7 B2g 913 913 0.00      
8 B2u 3178 3178 21.05      
9 B2u 798 798 1.04      
10 B3g 3151 3151 0.00      
11 B3g 1188 1188 0.00      
12 B3u 930 930 73.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10853.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10853.2 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 PBEPBE/cc-pCVDZ
ABC
4.76001 0.98889 0.81879

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.670
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.670
H3 0.000 0.937 1.248
H4 0.000 -0.937 1.248
H5 0.000 -0.937 -1.248
H6 0.000 0.937 -1.248

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.33971.10121.10122.13462.1346
C21.33972.13462.13461.10121.1012
H31.10122.13461.87463.12142.4959
H41.10122.13461.87462.49593.1214
H52.13461.10123.12142.49591.8746
H62.13461.10122.49593.12141.8746

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.665 C1 C2 H6 121.665
C2 C1 H3 121.665 C2 C1 H4 121.665
H3 C1 H4 116.670 H5 C2 H6 116.670
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pCVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.061      
2 C -0.061      
3 H 0.031      
4 H 0.031      
5 H 0.031      
6 H 0.031      


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 -15.179 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.304 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.284
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.885 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.428 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.457
Polar
3z2-r22.914
x2-y2-2.875
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.626 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.301 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.859


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.407
(<r2>)1/2 4.838