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All results from a given calculation for C8H7N (Indole)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-363.671455
Energy at 298.15K-363.679394
HF Energy-363.671455
Nuclear repulsion energy397.001114
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 BLYP/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 A' 3576 3548 44.19      
2 A' 3194 3170 6.77      
3 A' 3174 3150 2.48      
4 A' 3122 3097 28.59      
5 A' 3109 3085 43.67      
6 A' 3099 3075 3.97      
7 A' 3093 3069 2.80      
8 A' 1610 1598 2.59      
9 A' 1569 1557 1.35      
10 A' 1510 1498 4.46      
11 A' 1486 1475 2.03      
12 A' 1445 1434 17.47      
13 A' 1411 1400 9.16      
14 A' 1351 1341 11.89      
15 A' 1339 1328 18.08      
16 A' 1265 1255 14.15      
17 A' 1237 1227 10.70      
18 A' 1189 1180 2.37      
19 A' 1151 1142 1.46      
20 A' 1115 1107 0.57      
21 A' 1080 1072 15.92      
22 A' 1060 1052 9.23      
23 A' 1008 1000 4.01      
24 A' 882 875 5.89      
25 A' 860 853 0.23      
26 A' 753 747 1.78      
27 A' 599 594 1.02      
28 A' 537 533 0.05      
29 A' 392 389 3.45      
30 A" 929 922 0.02      
31 A" 885 879 1.35      
32 A" 827 821 2.21      
33 A" 809 803 4.37      
34 A" 755 749 5.58      
35 A" 729 723 45.60      
36 A" 700 695 35.10      
37 A" 597 592 5.12      
38 A" 566 562 0.93      
39 A" 420 417 0.74      
40 A" 360 358 72.39      
41 A" 238 236 0.07      
42 A" 209 208 10.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27619.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27406.6 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.12743 0.05367 0.03776

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -1.107 1.566 0.000
C2 -2.273 0.799 0.000
C3 -1.940 -0.542 0.000
C4 0.433 -1.692 0.000
C5 1.802 -1.401 0.000
C6 2.269 -0.061 0.000
C7 1.376 1.019 0.000
C8 0.000 0.722 0.000
C9 -0.498 -0.626 0.000
H10 -1.072 2.580 0.000
H11 -3.246 1.282 0.000
H12 -2.641 -1.372 0.000
H13 0.084 -2.729 0.000
H14 2.528 -2.218 0.000
H15 3.344 0.134 0.000
H16 1.735 2.052 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
N11.39542.26623.60354.15503.74692.54201.39172.27471.01452.15853.31494.45655.24714.67582.8830
C21.39541.38163.67804.63074.62203.65492.27392.27582.14741.08712.20264.24275.67035.65624.1988
C32.26621.38162.63703.83904.23583.66422.31501.44383.23982.24381.08742.97984.77215.32704.4977
C43.60353.67802.63701.39932.45582.87002.45261.41574.52944.73143.09111.09362.16013.43623.9636
C54.15504.63073.83901.39931.41972.45732.78482.42734.91025.71734.44342.17051.09312.17603.4535
C63.74694.62204.23582.45581.41971.40092.39992.82424.25845.67635.08233.44802.17331.09302.1785
C72.54203.65493.66422.87002.45731.40091.40742.49342.90344.62974.67483.96353.43612.15851.0936
C81.39172.27392.31502.45262.78482.39991.40741.43712.14503.29443.37093.45153.87783.39572.1860
C92.27472.27581.44381.41572.42732.82422.49341.43713.25673.34572.26932.18183.41983.91703.4867
H101.01452.14743.23984.52944.91024.25842.90342.14503.25672.53204.25225.43295.99875.04882.8566
H112.15851.08712.24384.73145.71735.67634.62973.29443.34572.53202.72275.21356.75286.69025.0406
H123.31492.20261.08743.09114.44345.08234.67483.37092.26934.25222.72273.04455.23836.17225.5567
H134.45654.24272.97981.09362.17053.44803.96353.45152.18185.43295.21353.04452.49644.33805.0571
H145.24715.67034.77212.16011.09312.17333.43613.87783.41985.99876.75285.23832.49642.48944.3429
H154.67585.65625.32703.43622.17601.09302.15853.39573.91705.04886.69026.17224.33802.48942.5037
H162.88304.19884.49773.96363.45352.17851.09362.18603.48672.85665.04065.55675.05714.34292.5037

picture of Indole state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 109.386 N1 C2 H11 120.291
N1 C8 C7 130.501 N1 C8 C9 107.041
C2 N1 C8 109.344 C2 N1 H10 125.274
C2 C3 C9 107.289 C2 C3 H12 125.867
C3 C2 H11 130.323 C3 C9 C4 134.490
C3 C9 C8 106.940 C4 C5 C6 121.190
C4 C5 H14 119.644 C4 C9 C8 118.570
C5 C4 C9 119.152 C5 C4 H13 120.589
C5 C6 C7 121.198 C5 C6 H15 119.429
C6 C5 H14 119.166 C6 C7 C8 117.432
C6 C7 H16 121.210 C7 C6 H15 119.373
C7 C8 C9 122.458 C8 N1 H10 125.382
C8 C7 H16 121.357 C9 C3 H12 126.844
C9 C4 H13 120.259
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.554      
2 C 0.097      
3 C -0.146      
4 C -0.136      
5 C -0.064      
6 C -0.081      
7 C -0.083      
8 C 0.278      
9 C 0.129      
10 H 0.236      
11 H 0.078      
12 H 0.054      
13 H 0.050      
14 H 0.047      
15 H 0.050      
16 H 0.044      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.923 1.983 0.000 2.187
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -46.894 -2.164 0.000
y -2.164 -42.288 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.125
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.313 -2.164 0.000
y -2.164 9.221 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.534
Polar
3z2-r2-23.067
x2-y2-4.605
xy-2.164
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 18.686 -1.537 0.000
y -1.537 14.926 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.476


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 286.202
(<r2>)1/2 16.918