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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.593545
Energy at 298.15K-78.596721
HF Energy-78.593545
Nuclear repulsion energy33.500794
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 B3PW91/cc-pVQZ
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 3145 3145 0.00      
2 Ag 1694 1694 0.00      
3 Ag 1377 1377 0.00      
4 Au 1066 1066 0.00      
5 B1u 3131 3131 15.97      
6 B1u 1467 1467 10.54      
7 B2g 983 983 0.00      
8 B2u 3232 3232 19.60      
9 B2u 827 827 0.19      
10 B3g 3205 3205 0.00      
11 B3g 1237 1237 0.00      
12 B3u 976 976 94.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11169.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11169.8 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 B3PW91/cc-pVQZ
ABC
4.92222 1.01464 0.84123

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.662
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.662
H3 0.000 0.922 1.231
H4 0.000 -0.922 1.231
H5 0.000 -0.922 -1.231
H6 0.000 0.922 -1.231

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32321.08341.08342.10512.1051
C21.32322.10512.10511.08341.0834
H31.08342.10511.84343.07562.4619
H41.08342.10511.84342.46193.0756
H52.10511.08343.07562.46191.8434
H62.10511.08342.46193.07561.8434

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.704 C1 C2 H6 121.704
C2 C1 H3 121.704 C2 C1 H4 121.704
H3 C1 H4 116.592 H5 C2 H6 116.592
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.251      
2 C -0.251      
3 H 0.125      
4 H 0.125      
5 H 0.125      
6 H 0.125      


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 -15.482 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.252 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.194
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.259 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.586 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.672
Polar
3z2-r23.345
x2-y2-3.230
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.730 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.516 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.134


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.025
(<r2>)1/2 4.798