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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.587797
Energy at 298.15K-78.590974
HF Energy-78.587797
Nuclear repulsion energy33.489684
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/cc-pVTZ
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 3147 3026 0.00      
2 Ag 1696 1631 0.00      
3 Ag 1378 1325 0.00      
4 Au 1067 1026 0.00      
5 B1u 3132 3011 16.31      
6 B1u 1467 1411 10.49      
7 B2g 980 943 0.00      
8 B2u 3234 3110 21.05      
9 B2u 828 796 0.32      
10 B3g 3206 3083 0.00      
11 B3g 1238 1190 0.00      
12 B3u 975 938 95.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11173.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10744.7 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
4.91737 1.01414 0.84075

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

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 0.922 1.231
H4 0.000 -0.922 1.231
H5 0.000 -0.922 -1.231
H6 0.000 0.922 -1.231

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32351.08391.08392.10582.1058
C21.32352.10582.10581.08391.0839
H31.08392.10581.84433.07682.4628
H41.08392.10581.84432.46283.0768
H52.10581.08393.07682.46281.8443
H62.10581.08392.46283.07681.8443

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.704 C1 C2 H6 121.704
C2 C1 H3 121.704 C2 C1 H4 121.704
H3 C1 H4 116.592 H5 C2 H6 116.592
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.230      
2 C -0.230      
3 H 0.115      
4 H 0.115      
5 H 0.115      
6 H 0.115      


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 -15.419 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.235 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.168
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.217 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.559 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.658
Polar
3z2-r23.317
x2-y2-3.184
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.312 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.377 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.037


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.012
(<r2>)1/2 4.797