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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.600625
Energy at 298.15K-78.603807
HF Energy-78.600625
Nuclear repulsion energy33.539009
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ
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 3163 3163 0.00      
2 Ag 1704 1704 0.00      
3 Ag 1384 1384 0.00      
4 Au 1071 1071 0.00      
5 B1u 3148 3148 14.76      
6 B1u 1474 1474 11.17      
7 B2g 992 992 0.00      
8 B2u 3251 3251 17.34      
9 B2u 830 830 0.10      
10 B3g 3224 3224 0.00      
11 B3g 1245 1245 0.00      
12 B3u 983 983 98.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11234.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11234.1 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
4.93056 1.01713 0.84319

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.661
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.661
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
C11.32181.08211.08212.10252.1025
C21.32182.10252.10251.08211.0821
H31.08212.10251.84193.07172.4582
H41.08212.10251.84192.45823.0717
H52.10251.08213.07172.45821.8419
H62.10251.08212.45823.07171.8419

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.673 C1 C2 H6 121.673
C2 C1 H3 121.673 C2 C1 H4 121.673
H3 C1 H4 116.654 H5 C2 H6 116.654
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.852      
2 C -0.852      
3 H 0.426      
4 H 0.426      
5 H 0.426      
6 H 0.426      


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 -15.597 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.284 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.217
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.346 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.623 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.723
Polar
3z2-r23.446
x2-y2-3.313
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.297 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.723 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.222


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.025
(<r2>)1/2 4.798