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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.164319
Energy at 298.15K-78.167515
HF Energy-78.164319
Nuclear repulsion energy33.303948
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 TPSSh/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 3155 3046 0.00 168.76 0.12 0.21
2 Ag 1700 1642 0.00 5.96 0.14 0.25
3 Ag 1424 1375 0.00 34.00 0.44 0.61
4 Au 1083 1046 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 B1u 3137 3030 18.58 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 1534 1481 6.62 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 989 955 0.00 1.43 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 3237 3126 32.90 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 867 837 2.20 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 3204 3094 0.00 116.57 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 1287 1243 0.00 1.06 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 994 960 120.66 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11305.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10917.3 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 TPSSh/3-21G*
ABC
4.90068 0.99938 0.83010

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.667
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.667
H3 0.000 0.924 1.240
H4 0.000 -0.924 1.240
H5 0.000 -0.924 -1.240
H6 0.000 0.924 -1.240

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.33351.08721.08722.11882.1188
C21.33352.11882.11881.08721.0872
H31.08722.11881.84753.09262.4801
H41.08722.11881.84752.48013.0926
H52.11881.08723.09262.48011.8475
H62.11881.08722.48013.09261.8475

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.827 C1 C2 H6 121.827
C2 C1 H3 121.827 C2 C1 H4 121.827
H3 C1 H4 116.346 H5 C2 H6 116.346
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.407      
2 C -0.407      
3 H 0.203      
4 H 0.203      
5 H 0.203      
6 H 0.203      


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


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.929 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.864 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.394


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.097
(<r2>)1/2 4.806