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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.161048
Energy at 298.15K-78.164248
HF Energy-78.161048
Nuclear repulsion energy33.373128
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 B3LYP/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 3162 3041 0.00 161.94 0.11 0.21
2 Ag 1710 1645 0.00 5.92 0.13 0.23
3 Ag 1428 1374 0.00 34.23 0.45 0.62
4 Au 1080 1039 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 B1u 3146 3027 13.56 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 1536 1478 7.94 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 999 961 0.00 1.24 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 3243 3120 27.75 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 875 842 2.15 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 3211 3089 0.00 112.07 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 1286 1237 0.00 1.17 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 990 953 111.08 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11333.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10902.7 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 B3LYP/3-21G*
ABC
4.92160 1.00387 0.83380

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/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 0.922 1.239
H4 0.000 -0.922 1.239
H5 0.000 -0.922 -1.239
H6 0.000 0.922 -1.239

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32961.08591.08592.11502.1150
C21.32962.11502.11501.08591.0859
H31.08592.11501.84353.08812.4775
H41.08592.11501.84352.47753.0881
H52.11501.08593.08812.47751.8435
H62.11501.08592.47753.08811.8435

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.909 C1 C2 H6 121.909
C2 C1 H3 121.909 C2 C1 H4 121.909
H3 C1 H4 116.181 H5 C2 H6 116.181
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.373      
2 C -0.373      
3 H 0.187      
4 H 0.187      
5 H 0.187      
6 H 0.187      


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 -15.279 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.154 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.972
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.216 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.472 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.744
Polar
3z2-r23.489
x2-y2-3.125
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.922 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.833 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.352


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.044
(<r2>)1/2 4.800