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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.004456
Energy at 298.15K-78.007733
HF Energy-78.004456
Nuclear repulsion energy33.641115
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/6-31G
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 3338 3014 0.00 188.70 0.13 0.23
2 Ag 1846 1666 0.00 16.34 0.09 0.17
3 Ag 1512 1366 0.00 50.62 0.40 0.58
4 Au 1157 1045 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
5 B1u 3313 2991 21.45 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 1632 1473 8.58 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 1154 1042 0.00 5.69 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 3420 3088 43.06 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 928 838 1.12 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 3390 3061 0.00 129.46 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 1379 1245 0.00 1.23 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 1120 1011 140.11 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12094.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10920.0 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/6-31G
ABC
5.03456 1.01656 0.84578

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.661
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.661
H3 0.000 0.911 1.229
H4 0.000 -0.911 1.229
H5 0.000 -0.911 -1.229
H6 0.000 0.911 -1.229

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32231.07391.07392.09872.0987
C21.32232.09872.09871.07391.0739
H31.07392.09871.82273.06062.4586
H41.07392.09871.82272.45863.0606
H52.09871.07393.06062.45861.8227
H62.09871.07392.45863.06061.8227

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.939 C1 C2 H6 121.939
C2 C1 H3 121.939 C2 C1 H4 121.939
H3 C1 H4 116.123 H5 C2 H6 116.123
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.326      
2 C -0.326      
3 H 0.163      
4 H 0.163      
5 H 0.163      
6 H 0.163      


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 -15.505 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.344 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.108
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.279 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.463 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.816
Polar
3z2-r23.632
x2-y2-3.161
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.060 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.844 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.810


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 22.931
(<r2>)1/2 4.789