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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/cc-pCVTZ

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-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.540480
Energy at 298.15K-78.543668
HF Energy-78.429787
Nuclear repulsion energy33.492505
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-pCVTZ
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 3167 3167 0.00      
2 Ag 1690 1690 0.00      
3 Ag 1385 1385 0.00      
4 Au 1073 1073 0.00      
5 B1u 3153 3153 15.10      
6 B1u 1488 1488 9.06      
7 B2g 979 979 0.00      
8 B2u 3257 3257 21.07      
9 B2u 836 836 0.14      
10 B3g 3230 3230 0.00      
11 B3g 1253 1253 0.00      
12 B3u 984 984 93.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11247.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11247.1 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-pCVTZ
ABC
4.93446 1.01197 0.83975

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

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 0.921 1.229
H4 0.000 -0.921 1.229
H5 0.000 -0.921 -1.229
H6 0.000 0.921 -1.229

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32691.08071.08072.10492.1049
C21.32692.10492.10491.08071.0807
H31.08072.10491.84113.07182.4590
H41.08072.10491.84112.45903.0718
H52.10491.08073.07182.45901.8411
H62.10491.08072.45903.07181.8411

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.585 C1 C2 H6 121.585
C2 C1 H3 121.585 C2 C1 H4 121.585
H3 C1 H4 116.829 H5 C2 H6 116.829
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.223      
2 C -0.223      
3 H 0.111      
4 H 0.111      
5 H 0.111      
6 H 0.111      


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 -15.565 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.414 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.342
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.187 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.540 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.647
Polar
3z2-r23.294
x2-y2-3.152
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.287 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.350 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.979


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.113
(<r2>)1/2 4.808