return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.625087
Energy at 298.15K-78.628273
HF Energy-78.625087
Nuclear repulsion energy33.501354
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 B3LYP/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 3137 3137 0.00      
2 Ag 1692 1692 0.00      
3 Ag 1381 1381 0.00      
4 Au 1067 1067 0.00      
5 B1u 3124 3124 17.66      
6 B1u 1479 1479 9.27      
7 B2g 985 985 0.00      
8 B2u 3221 3221 24.35      
9 B2u 836 836 0.19      
10 B3g 3193 3193 0.00      
11 B3g 1247 1247 0.00      
12 B3u 979 979 93.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11170.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11170.0 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 B3LYP/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
4.93421 1.01357 0.84085

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pCVTZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.662
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.662
H3 0.000 0.921 1.232
H4 0.000 -0.921 1.232
H5 0.000 -0.921 -1.232
H6 0.000 0.921 -1.232

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32401.08251.08252.10552.1055
C21.32402.10552.10551.08251.0825
H31.08252.10551.84123.07522.4631
H41.08252.10551.84122.46313.0752
H52.10551.08253.07522.46311.8412
H62.10551.08252.46313.07521.8412

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.744 C1 C2 H6 121.744
C2 C1 H3 121.744 C2 C1 H4 121.744
H3 C1 H4 116.512 H5 C2 H6 116.512
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.222      
2 C -0.222      
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 -15.523 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.423 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.349
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.137 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.512 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.624
Polar
3z2-r23.248
x2-y2-3.099
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.301 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.393 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.055


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.105
(<r2>)1/2 4.807