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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-77.600988
Energy at 298.15K-77.604270
HF Energy-77.600988
Nuclear repulsion energy33.747387
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 HF/3-21G*
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 3328 3004 0.00 163.02 0.12 0.22
2 Ag 1842 1662 0.00 13.13 0.09 0.16
3 Ag 1522 1374 0.00 45.60 0.43 0.60
4 Au 1166 1052 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
5 B1u 3306 2984 16.82 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 1640 1480 8.81 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 1156 1044 0.00 4.98 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 3404 3072 29.59 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 943 851 1.37 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 3372 3044 0.00 119.01 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 1387 1252 0.00 0.94 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 1115 1006 134.16 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12090.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10912.4 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 HF/3-21G*
ABC
5.03492 1.02627 0.85250

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.658
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.658
H3 0.000 0.911 1.225
H4 0.000 -0.911 1.225
H5 0.000 -0.911 -1.225
H6 0.000 0.911 -1.225

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.31511.07361.07362.09152.0915
C21.31512.09152.09151.07361.0736
H31.07362.09151.82273.05372.4501
H41.07362.09151.82272.45013.0537
H52.09151.07363.05372.45011.8227
H62.09151.07362.45013.05371.8227

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.911 C1 C2 H6 121.911
C2 C1 H3 121.911 C2 C1 H4 121.911
H3 C1 H4 116.179 H5 C2 H6 116.179
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.425      
2 C -0.425      
3 H 0.213      
4 H 0.213      
5 H 0.213      
6 H 0.213      


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 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.623 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.327 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.096
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.412 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.532 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.880
Polar
3z2-r23.759
x2-y2-3.296
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.859 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.741 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.554


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 22.850
(<r2>)1/2 4.780