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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.502084
Energy at 298.15K-78.505228
HF Energy-78.502084
Nuclear repulsion energy33.264458
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/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 3070 3070 0.00      
2 Ag 1642 1642 0.00      
3 Ag 1339 1339 0.00      
4 Au 1037 1037 0.00      
5 B1u 3056 3056 18.02      
6 B1u 1422 1422 8.91      
7 B2g 934 934 0.00      
8 B2u 3157 3157 23.49      
9 B2u 803 803 0.40      
10 B3g 3129 3129 0.00      
11 B3g 1200 1200 0.00      
12 B3u 939 939 89.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10863.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10863.0 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/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
4.85215 1.00056 0.82950

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

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
C11.33231.09141.09142.12022.1202
C21.33232.12022.12021.09141.0914
H31.09142.12021.85673.09802.4800
H41.09142.12021.85672.48003.0980
H52.12021.09143.09802.48001.8567
H62.12021.09142.48003.09801.8567

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.722 C1 C2 H6 121.722
C2 C1 H3 121.722 C2 C1 H4 121.722
H3 C1 H4 116.556 H5 C2 H6 116.556
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.266      
2 C -0.266      
3 H 0.133      
4 H 0.133      
5 H 0.133      
6 H 0.133      


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 -15.510 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.393 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.365
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.132 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.545 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.587
Polar
3z2-r23.174
x2-y2-3.118
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.338 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.516 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.121


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.306
(<r2>)1/2 4.828