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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.436735
Energy at 298.15K-78.439934
HF Energy-78.375238
Nuclear repulsion energy33.225227
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 B2PLYP/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3192 3192 0.00 185.13 0.12 0.21
2 Ag 1707 1707 0.00 5.32 0.15 0.26
3 Ag 1421 1421 0.00 35.37 0.42 0.59
4 Au 1077 1077 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 B1u 3172 3172 18.03 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 1536 1536 5.94 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 993 993 0.00 1.02 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 3281 3281 40.73 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 867 867 1.56 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 3252 3252 0.00 118.86 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 1282 1282 0.00 1.56 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 1006 1006 109.56 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11392.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11392.8 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 B2PLYP/6-31G
ABC
4.92303 0.99016 0.82436

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.670
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.670
H3 0.000 0.922 1.244
H4 0.000 -0.922 1.244
H5 0.000 -0.922 -1.244
H6 0.000 0.922 -1.244

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.34061.08581.08582.12492.1249
C21.34062.12492.12491.08581.0858
H31.08582.12491.84333.09702.4887
H41.08582.12491.84332.48873.0970
H52.12491.08583.09702.48871.8433
H62.12491.08582.48873.09701.8433

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.917 C1 C2 H6 121.917
C2 C1 H3 121.917 C2 C1 H4 121.917
H3 C1 H4 116.166 H5 C2 H6 116.166
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.265      
2 C -0.265      
3 H 0.132      
4 H 0.132      
5 H 0.132      
6 H 0.132      


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 -15.220 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.177
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.959 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.353 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.606
Polar
3z2-r23.211
x2-y2-2.874
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.083 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.954 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.523


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.257
(<r2>)1/2 4.823