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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.561388
Energy at 298.15K-78.564554
HF Energy-78.561388
Nuclear repulsion energy33.361544
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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 3172 3040 0.00      
2 Ag 1718 1646 0.00      
3 Ag 1387 1329 0.00      
4 Au 1069 1024 0.00      
5 B1u 3154 3023 16.71      
6 B1u 1474 1413 6.91      
7 B2g 961 921 0.00      
8 B2u 3261 3125 26.95      
9 B2u 828 794 1.05      
10 B3g 3235 3101 0.00      
11 B3g 1235 1184 0.00      
12 B3u 975 934 90.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11234.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10766.7 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
4.89801 1.00476 0.83373

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.665
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.665
H3 0.000 0.924 1.237
H4 0.000 -0.924 1.237
H5 0.000 -0.924 -1.237
H6 0.000 0.924 -1.237

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32961.08691.08692.11462.1146
C21.32962.11462.11461.08691.0869
H31.08692.11461.84803.08842.4745
H41.08692.11461.84802.47453.0884
H52.11461.08693.08842.47451.8480
H62.11461.08692.47453.08841.8480

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.779 C1 C2 H6 121.779
C2 C1 H3 121.779 C2 C1 H4 121.779
H3 C1 H4 116.442 H5 C2 H6 116.442
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.255      
2 C -0.255      
3 H 0.128      
4 H 0.128      
5 H 0.128      
6 H 0.128      


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 -15.023 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.985 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.866
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.097 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.459 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.639
Polar
3z2-r23.277
x2-y2-3.037
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.329 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.066 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.617


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 22.935
(<r2>)1/2 4.789