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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.129455
Energy at 298.15K-78.132654
HF Energy-78.129455
Nuclear repulsion energy33.358916
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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 3168 3039 0.00      
2 Ag 1710 1640 0.00      
3 Ag 1426 1368 0.00      
4 Au 1080 1036 0.00      
5 B1u 3151 3023 12.74      
6 B1u 1525 1463 9.78      
7 B2g 1003 962 0.00      
8 B2u 3254 3122 24.06      
9 B2u 874 838 3.06      
10 B3g 3222 3091 0.00      
11 B3g 1281 1229 0.00      
12 B3u 992 952 127.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11341.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10881.3 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
4.90518 1.00403 0.83343

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

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 0.923 1.238
H4 0.000 -0.923 1.238
H5 0.000 -0.923 -1.238
H6 0.000 0.923 -1.238

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32971.08691.08692.11532.1153
C21.32972.11532.11531.08691.0869
H31.08692.11531.84663.08922.4765
H41.08692.11531.84662.47653.0892
H52.11531.08693.08922.47651.8466
H62.11531.08692.47653.08921.8466

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.842 C1 C2 H6 121.842
C2 C1 H3 121.842 C2 C1 H4 121.842
H3 C1 H4 116.316 H5 C2 H6 116.316
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.421      
2 C -0.421      
3 H 0.210      
4 H 0.210      
5 H 0.210      
6 H 0.210      


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 -15.364 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.015 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.827
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.443 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.581 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.862
Polar
3z2-r23.724
x2-y2-3.349
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.930 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.835 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.364


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.010
(<r2>)1/2 4.797