Abstract: | A non-empirical quantum chemical calculation of isomeric 3,6-divinyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo3,2-e] indole 1 and 1,5-divinyl-1,4,5,8-tetrahydro3,2-f]indole 2 structures carried out by DFT (B3LYP) method with 6-311++G(d, p) and 6-311++G(3df, p) basis sets showed the energy preference of 2 over 1 (1.33 kcal/mol and 1.47 kcal/mol, respectively). The structure of the molecule of 2 is planar while the molecule of 1 is non-planar due to the presence of sp 3-hybridized carbon atoms. |