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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.135518
Energy at 298.15K-78.138724
HF Energy-78.135518
Nuclear repulsion energy33.409212
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
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 3187 3026 0.00 159.88 0.12 0.21
2 Ag 1721 1635 0.00 6.51 0.10 0.18
3 Ag 1433 1361 0.00 33.25 0.45 0.62
4 Au 1086 1032 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 B1u 3169 3010 11.88 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 1533 1455 10.22 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 1014 963 0.00 1.64 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 3273 3108 22.16 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 878 833 3.10 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 3242 3078 0.00 110.00 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 1289 1224 0.00 1.04 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 1000 950 130.16 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11412.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9496) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10837.2 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
ABC
4.91873 1.00711 0.83595

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.664
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.664
H3 0.000 0.922 1.236
H4 0.000 -0.922 1.236
H5 0.000 -0.922 -1.236
H6 0.000 0.922 -1.236

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32781.08521.08522.11202.1120
C21.32782.11202.11201.08521.0852
H31.08522.11201.84413.08432.4723
H41.08522.11201.84412.47233.0843
H52.11201.08523.08432.47231.8441
H62.11201.08522.47233.08431.8441

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.825 C1 C2 H6 121.825
C2 C1 H3 121.825 C2 C1 H4 121.825
H3 C1 H4 116.350 H5 C2 H6 116.350
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.429      
2 C -0.429      
3 H 0.214      
4 H 0.214      
5 H 0.214      
6 H 0.214      


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 -15.382 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.007 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.817
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.470 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.592 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.878
Polar
3z2-r23.756
x2-y2-3.375
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.926 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.811 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.355


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 22.965
(<r2>)1/2 4.792