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All results from a given calculation for Si2H4 (Disilene)

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D2H 1AG
1 2 yes C2H 1AG
1 3 no C2V 1A1

Conformer 1 (D2H)

Jump to S1C2 S1C3
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-580.256782
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-580.076348
Nuclear repulsion energy78.816858
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 CID/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 2335 2157 0.00      
2 Ag 976 902 0.00      
3 Ag 612 565 0.00      
4 Au 554 511 0.00      
5 B1u 2326 2148 95.42      
6 B1u 897 828 133.38      
7 B2g 244i 225i 0.00      
8 B2u 2361 2181 175.17      
9 B2u 369 341 20.54      
10 B3g 2353 2173 0.00      
11 B3g 614 567 0.00      
12 B3u 538 497 2.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6844.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6322.3 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
2.66705 0.21668 0.20040

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Si1 0.000 0.000 1.069
Si2 0.000 0.000 -1.069
H3 0.000 1.252 1.856
H4 0.000 -1.252 1.856
H5 0.000 1.252 -1.856
H6 0.000 -1.252 -1.856

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Si1 Si2 H3 H4 H5 H6
Si12.13751.47911.47913.18163.1816
Si22.13753.18163.18161.47911.4791
H31.47913.18162.50433.71214.4779
H41.47913.18162.50434.47793.7121
H53.18161.47913.71214.47792.5043
H63.18161.47914.47793.71212.5043

picture of Disilene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Si1 Si2 H5 122.160 Si1 Si2 H6 122.160
Si2 Si1 H3 122.160 Si2 Si1 H4 122.160
H3 Si1 H4 115.680 H5 Si2 H6 115.680
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2H)

Jump to S1C1 S1C3
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-580.257735
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-580.075962
Nuclear repulsion energy78.277838
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 CID/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 2315 2138 0.00      
2 Ag 981 906 0.00      
3 Ag 593 548 0.00      
4 Ag 318 293 0.00      
5 Au 2339 2161 202.52      
6 Au 546 504 0.04      
7 Au 358 330 21.10      
8 Bg 2330 2152 0.00      
9 Bg 632 584 0.00      
10 Bu 2307 2131 133.64      
11 Bu 936 864 187.63      
12 Bu 491 453 18.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7072.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6532.6 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
2.53940 0.21306 0.19881

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Si1 0.000 1.081 0.000
Si2 0.000 -1.081 0.000
H3 0.380 1.808 1.236
H4 0.380 1.808 -1.236
H5 -0.380 -1.808 1.236
H6 -0.380 -1.808 -1.236

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Si1 Si2 H3 H4 H5 H6
Si12.16161.48321.48323.16483.1648
Si22.16163.16483.16481.48321.4832
H31.48323.16482.47103.69514.4452
H41.48323.16482.47104.44523.6951
H53.16481.48323.69514.44522.4710
H63.16481.48324.44523.69512.4710

picture of Disilene state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Si1 Si2 H5 119.358 Si1 Si2 H6 119.358
Si2 Si1 H3 119.358 Si2 Si1 H4 119.358
H3 Si1 H4 112.815 H5 Si2 H6 112.815
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 3 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1 S1C2
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-580.214192
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-580.034941
Nuclear repulsion energy73.508223
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 CID/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 A1 2176 2010 424.91      
2 A1 1723 1592 0.00      
3 A1 963 890 56.73      
4 A1 419 387 0.44      
5 A1 405 374 1.90      
6 A2 1404 1297 0.00      
7 A2 664 613 0.00      
8 B1 1368 1263 84.32      
9 B1 922 852 19.49      
10 B2 2149 1985 15.95      
11 B2 1516 1400 1822.91      
12 B2 799 738 108.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7253.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6699.6 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
2.55537 0.16634 0.16261

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Si1 0.000 1.306 -0.093
Si2 0.000 -1.306 -0.093
H3 -1.029 0.000 -0.119
H4 1.029 0.000 -0.119
H5 0.000 1.372 1.419
H6 0.000 -1.372 1.419

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Si1 Si2 H3 H4 H5 H6
Si12.61171.66301.66301.51363.0752
Si22.61171.66301.66303.07521.5136
H31.66301.66302.05892.30362.3036
H41.66301.66302.05892.30362.3036
H51.51363.07522.30362.30362.7438
H63.07521.51362.30362.30362.7438

picture of Disilene state 1 conformation 3
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Si1 Si2 H5 29.454 Si1 Si2 H6 92.500
Si2 Si1 H3 38.258 Si2 Si1 H4 38.258
H3 Si1 H4 76.489 H5 Si2 H6 63.046
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability