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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.062824
Energy at 298.15K-78.066081
HF Energy-78.062824
Nuclear repulsion energy33.749345
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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3290 2989 0.00 171.43 0.15 0.26
2 Ag 1814 1648 0.00 57.30 0.03 0.06
3 Ag 1474 1339 0.00 58.41 0.21 0.35
4 Au 1139 1035 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 B1u 3268 2969 18.80 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 1589 1443 13.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 1106 1005 0.00 8.42 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 3370 3062 25.28 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 890 808 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 3341 3036 0.00 115.95 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 1342 1219 0.00 0.43 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 1085 986 119.36 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11852.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9086) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10769.3 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 HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
5.00193 1.02893 0.85338

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.657
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.657
H3 0.000 0.914 1.222
H4 0.000 -0.914 1.222
H5 0.000 -0.914 -1.222
H6 0.000 0.914 -1.222

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.31461.07441.07442.08952.0895
C21.31462.08952.08951.07441.0744
H31.07442.08951.82873.05162.4430
H41.07442.08951.82872.44303.0516
H52.08951.07443.05162.44301.8287
H62.08951.07442.44303.05161.8287

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.678 C1 C2 H6 121.678
C2 C1 H3 121.678 C2 C1 H4 121.678
H3 C1 H4 116.645 H5 C2 H6 116.645
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.251      
2 C -0.251      
3 H 0.126      
4 H 0.126      
5 H 0.126      
6 H 0.126      


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 -16.022 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.403 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.101
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.770 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.658 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.112
Polar
3z2-r24.224
x2-y2-3.619
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.221 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.416 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.206


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 22.934
(<r2>)1/2 4.789