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All results from a given calculation for C8H7N (Indole)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-361.658473
Energy at 298.15K-361.666661
HF Energy-361.658473
Nuclear repulsion energy395.924418
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/3-21G*
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' 3490 3467 46.90      
2 A' 3212 3191 5.22      
3 A' 3191 3170 1.24      
4 A' 3134 3113 21.98      
5 A' 3121 3100 33.73      
6 A' 3110 3090 3.72      
7 A' 3103 3083 0.95      
8 A' 1585 1574 3.31      
9 A' 1545 1535 3.07      
10 A' 1497 1487 0.82      
11 A' 1489 1479 1.32      
12 A' 1435 1426 16.42      
13 A' 1393 1384 15.45      
14 A' 1359 1350 2.18      
15 A' 1319 1310 11.50      
16 A' 1267 1259 16.10      
17 A' 1247 1239 16.50      
18 A' 1199 1191 2.82      
19 A' 1184 1176 4.49      
20 A' 1130 1122 1.78      
21 A' 1090 1083 9.30      
22 A' 1049 1042 16.61      
23 A' 1007 1001 4.32      
24 A' 898 892 6.86      
25 A' 877 872 0.17      
26 A' 753 748 0.98      
27 A' 615 611 1.02      
28 A' 548 544 0.06      
29 A' 397 394 4.13      
30 A" 962 955 0.07      
31 A" 920 914 4.25      
32 A" 846 841 0.06      
33 A" 840 834 4.40      
34 A" 775 770 0.20      
35 A" 738 733 105.19      
36 A" 708 704 30.90      
37 A" 604 600 3.27      
38 A" 582 578 0.08      
39 A" 506 503 100.56      
40 A" 428 425 12.97      
41 A" 247 246 0.24      
42 A" 213 212 8.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27804.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27623.7 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.12688 0.05333 0.03755

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -1.119 1.571 0.000
C2 -2.290 0.786 0.000
C3 -1.940 -0.554 0.000
C4 0.441 -1.691 0.000
C5 1.811 -1.398 0.000
C6 2.274 -0.055 0.000
C7 1.377 1.022 0.000
C8 0.000 0.733 0.000
C9 -0.490 -0.626 0.000
H10 -1.095 2.591 0.000
H11 -3.270 1.250 0.000
H12 -2.626 -1.393 0.000
H13 0.093 -2.726 0.000
H14 2.538 -2.212 0.000
H15 3.348 0.141 0.000
H16 1.739 2.052 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
N11.41062.27823.61664.17163.76292.55581.39842.28561.01962.17493.32584.46485.26194.69022.8982
C21.41061.38443.68724.64634.64153.67522.29092.28782.16511.08402.20474.24375.68335.67494.2238
C32.27821.38442.63863.84444.24363.67242.32741.45173.25602.24111.08422.97474.77525.33304.5082
C43.61663.68722.63861.40072.45762.87072.46381.41494.54934.73523.08101.09152.16103.43613.9620
C54.17164.64633.84441.40071.42132.45922.79642.42684.93525.72944.43622.17111.09122.17543.4510
C63.76294.64154.24362.45761.42131.40192.40702.82264.28405.69575.07953.44872.17281.09112.1737
C72.55583.67523.67242.87072.45921.40191.40752.49052.92784.65274.67533.96223.43602.15871.0913
C81.39842.29092.32742.46382.79642.40701.40751.44402.15683.31043.37833.45963.88743.39982.1831
C92.28562.28781.45171.41492.42682.82262.49051.44403.27303.35372.26952.17933.41833.91353.4841
H101.01962.16513.25604.54934.93524.28402.92782.15683.27302.55494.26815.44766.02205.07352.8849
H112.17491.08402.24114.73525.72945.69574.65273.31043.35372.55492.72095.20716.76166.70995.0728
H123.32582.20471.08423.08104.43625.07954.67533.37832.26954.26812.72093.02725.22846.16735.5607
H134.46484.24372.97471.09152.17113.44873.96223.45962.17935.44765.20713.02722.49924.33755.0535
H145.26195.68334.77522.16101.09122.17283.43603.88743.41836.02206.76165.22842.49922.48784.3377
H154.69025.67495.33303.43612.17541.09112.15873.39983.91355.07356.70996.16734.33752.48782.4979
H162.89824.22384.50823.96203.45102.17371.09132.18313.48412.88495.07285.56075.05354.33772.4979

picture of Indole state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 109.188 N1 C2 H11 120.777
N1 C8 C7 131.256 N1 C8 C9 107.038
C2 N1 C8 109.281 C2 N1 H10 125.198
C2 C3 C9 107.516 C2 C3 H12 126.098
C3 C2 H11 130.035 C3 C9 C4 133.987
C3 C9 C8 106.978 C4 C5 C6 121.116
C4 C5 H14 119.753 C4 C9 C8 119.035
C5 C4 C9 119.064 C5 C4 H13 120.684
C5 C6 C7 121.170 C5 C6 H15 119.380
C6 C5 H14 119.131 C6 C7 C8 117.908
C6 C7 H16 120.844 C7 C6 H15 119.450
C7 C8 C9 121.706 C8 N1 H10 125.521
C8 C7 H16 121.248 C9 C3 H12 126.386
C9 C4 H13 120.252
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.733      
2 C 0.064      
3 C -0.215      
4 C -0.219      
5 C -0.164      
6 C -0.169      
7 C -0.182      
8 C 0.358      
9 C 0.016      
10 H 0.300      
11 H 0.182      
12 H 0.150      
13 H 0.154      
14 H 0.154      
15 H 0.156      
16 H 0.148      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.957 2.048 0.000 2.261
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -46.033 -2.370 0.000
y -2.370 -41.560 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -58.078
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.786 -2.370 0.000
y -2.370 10.496 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.281
Polar
3z2-r2-28.563
x2-y2-4.473
xy-2.370
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 17.666 -1.467 0.000
y -1.467 14.019 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.187


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 287.661
(<r2>)1/2 16.961