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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/LANL2DZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.471392
Energy at 298.15K-78.474580
HF Energy-78.471392
Nuclear repulsion energy33.158150
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 PBE1PBE/LANL2DZ
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 3200 3200 0.00      
2 Ag 1698 1698 0.00      
3 Ag 1399 1399 0.00      
4 Au 1064 1064 0.00      
5 B1u 3173 3173 17.67      
6 B1u 1492 1492 19.57      
7 B2g 1021 1021 0.00      
8 B2u 3308 3308 47.67      
9 B2u 846 846 5.47      
10 B3g 3272 3272 0.00      
11 B3g 1250 1250 0.00      
12 B3u 1006 1006 173.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11365.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11365.3 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 PBE1PBE/LANL2DZ
ABC
4.88621 0.98710 0.82120

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/LANL2DZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.672
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.672
H3 0.000 0.925 1.244
H4 0.000 -0.925 1.244
H5 0.000 -0.925 -1.244
H6 0.000 0.925 -1.244

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.34411.08771.08772.12772.1277
C21.34412.12772.12771.08771.0877
H31.08772.12771.85023.10062.4881
H41.08772.12771.85022.48813.1006
H52.12771.08773.10062.48811.8502
H62.12771.08772.48813.10061.8502

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.729 C1 C2 H6 121.729
C2 C1 H3 121.729 C2 C1 H4 121.729
H3 C1 H4 116.542 H5 C2 H6 116.542
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.419      
2 C -0.419      
3 H 0.210      
4 H 0.210      
5 H 0.210      
6 H 0.210      


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 -15.767 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.875 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.743
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.958 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.879 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.078
Polar
3z2-r24.157
x2-y2-3.891
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.277 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.664 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.676


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.233
(<r2>)1/2 4.820