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All results from a given calculation for C8H7N (Indole)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-363.830041
Energy at 298.15K-363.838244
HF Energy-363.830041
Nuclear repulsion energy399.959051
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 B3LYP/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' 3690 3545 61.56      
2 A' 3275 3146 5.18      
3 A' 3255 3127 1.53      
4 A' 3205 3079 23.88      
5 A' 3193 3068 36.78      
6 A' 3183 3058 3.37      
7 A' 3176 3052 1.75      
8 A' 1675 1609 2.89      
9 A' 1632 1568 1.46      
10 A' 1568 1506 6.86      
11 A' 1537 1477 3.54      
12 A' 1495 1437 22.86      
13 A' 1459 1402 15.23      
14 A' 1392 1337 9.03      
15 A' 1380 1326 24.95      
16 A' 1308 1257 11.57      
17 A' 1274 1224 11.06      
18 A' 1228 1179 3.13      
19 A' 1180 1133 1.38      
20 A' 1148 1103 0.58      
21 A' 1114 1070 21.91      
22 A' 1095 1052 6.93      
23 A' 1040 999 4.22      
24 A' 910 874 6.13      
25 A' 885 851 0.29      
26 A' 777 746 2.41      
27 A' 617 593 1.12      
28 A' 552 531 0.06      
29 A' 404 388 3.79      
30 A" 971 933 0.02      
31 A" 928 892 1.67      
32 A" 862 829 3.50      
33 A" 855 822 0.51      
34 A" 784 753 10.24      
35 A" 755 726 60.28      
36 A" 731 702 29.85      
37 A" 618 593 4.68      
38 A" 585 562 0.81      
39 A" 434 417 0.56      
40 A" 386 370 83.62      
41 A" 247 237 0.02      
42 A" 217 208 10.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28507.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27390.1 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.12940 0.05445 0.03832

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -1.095 1.557 0.000
C2 -2.252 0.799 0.000
C3 -1.929 -0.532 0.000
C4 0.427 -1.681 0.000
C5 1.786 -1.396 0.000
C6 2.252 -0.065 0.000
C7 1.368 1.007 0.000
C8 0.000 0.716 0.000
C9 -0.495 -0.619 0.000
H10 -1.058 2.562 0.000
H11 -3.220 1.279 0.000
H12 -2.629 -1.355 0.000
H13 0.078 -2.710 0.000
H14 2.506 -2.209 0.000
H15 3.321 0.125 0.000
H16 1.728 2.032 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
N11.38332.24873.57724.12513.71902.52371.38042.25651.00642.14313.29084.42445.21014.64222.8628
C21.38331.36943.65064.59604.58633.62652.25382.25802.12961.08052.18634.21175.62915.61394.1670
C32.24871.36942.62123.81404.20693.63892.29741.43693.21432.22421.08062.96154.74135.29114.4665
C43.57723.65062.62121.38832.43752.84822.43451.40624.49554.69713.07371.08652.14483.41143.9347
C54.12514.59603.81401.38831.41042.43952.76582.40944.87425.67594.41532.15461.08602.16143.4292
C63.71904.58634.20692.43751.41041.38952.38352.80194.22615.63475.04883.42362.15921.08602.1620
C72.52373.62653.63892.84822.43951.38951.39902.47282.88204.59644.64333.93463.41182.14281.0865
C81.38042.25382.29742.43452.76582.38351.39901.42342.12813.26903.34683.42653.85173.37322.1724
C92.25652.25801.43691.40622.40942.80192.47281.42343.23053.32112.25802.16793.39593.88773.4597
H101.00642.12963.21434.49554.87424.22612.88202.12813.23052.51384.22035.39295.95565.01182.8362
H112.14311.08052.22424.69715.67595.63474.59643.26903.32112.51382.69945.17576.70486.64225.0050
H123.29082.18631.08063.07374.41535.04884.64333.34682.25804.22032.69943.02735.20576.13175.5191
H134.42444.21172.96151.08652.15463.42363.93463.42652.16795.39295.17573.02732.47894.30765.0211
H145.21015.62914.74132.14481.08602.15923.41183.85173.39595.95566.70485.20572.47892.47294.3125
H154.64225.61395.29113.41142.16141.08602.14283.37323.88775.01186.64226.13174.30762.47292.4851
H162.86284.16704.46653.93473.42922.16201.08652.17243.45972.83625.00505.51915.02114.31252.4851

picture of Indole state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 109.559 N1 C2 H11 120.388
N1 C8 C7 130.465 N1 C8 C9 107.175
C2 N1 C8 109.275 C2 N1 H10 125.299
C2 C3 C9 107.120 C2 C3 H12 125.946
C3 C2 H11 130.053 C3 C9 C4 134.420
C3 C9 C8 106.871 C4 C5 C6 121.133
C4 C5 H14 119.687 C4 C9 C8 118.709
C5 C4 C9 119.121 C5 C4 H13 120.578
C5 C6 C7 121.211 C5 C6 H15 119.392
C6 C5 H14 119.180 C6 C7 C8 117.466
C6 C7 H16 121.180 C7 C6 H15 119.397
C7 C8 C9 122.361 C8 N1 H10 125.426
C8 C7 H16 121.354 C9 C3 H12 126.934
C9 C4 H13 120.301
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.603      
2 C 0.094      
3 C -0.165      
4 C -0.142      
5 C -0.094      
6 C -0.108      
7 C -0.099      
8 C 0.280      
9 C 0.088      
10 H 0.258      
11 H 0.105      
12 H 0.083      
13 H 0.079      
14 H 0.075      
15 H 0.077      
16 H 0.074      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.900 1.969 0.000 2.165
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -46.344 -2.142 0.000
y -2.142 -41.822 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.285
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.709 -2.142 0.000
y -2.142 9.493 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.202
Polar
3z2-r2-24.404
x2-y2-4.523
xy-2.142
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 17.882 -1.464 0.000
y -1.464 14.490 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.448


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 282.311
(<r2>)1/2 16.802