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All results from a given calculation for C2H4 (Ethylene)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2pd)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.622059
Energy at 298.15K-78.625237
HF Energy-78.622059
Nuclear repulsion energy33.494849
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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
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 3140 3046 0.00      
2 Ag 1689 1638 0.00      
3 Ag 1381 1340 0.00      
4 Au 1064 1032 0.00      
5 B1u 3126 3032 15.71      
6 B1u 1479 1435 10.16      
7 B2g 986 956 0.00      
8 B2u 3225 3128 19.73      
9 B2u 837 812 0.08      
10 B3g 3197 3101 0.00      
11 B3g 1246 1209 0.00      
12 B3u 979 950 99.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11174.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10838.8 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2pd)
ABC
4.93544 1.01279 0.84035

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2pd)

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 0.920 1.232
H4 0.000 -0.920 1.232
H5 0.000 -0.920 -1.232
H6 0.000 0.920 -1.232

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6
C11.32471.08231.08232.10582.1058
C21.32472.10582.10581.08231.0823
H31.08232.10581.84103.07522.4633
H41.08232.10581.84102.46333.0752
H52.10581.08233.07522.46331.8410
H62.10581.08232.46333.07521.8410

picture of Ethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 121.736 C1 C2 H6 121.736
C2 C1 H3 121.736 C2 C1 H4 121.736
H3 C1 H4 116.528 H5 C2 H6 116.528
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2pd) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.125      
2 C -0.125      
3 H 0.062      
4 H 0.062      
5 H 0.062      
6 H 0.062      


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 -15.799 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.504 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.385
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.355 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.588 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.766
Polar
3z2-r23.533
x2-y2-3.295
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.265 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.604 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.205


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 23.193
(<r2>)1/2 4.816