Naphthalene Index

General properties

Symmetry point group D2h
Symmetry elements E     C2(z)     C2(y)     C2(x)     i     &sigmah(xy)     &sigmah(xz)     &sigmah(yz)
Irriducible representation &Gamma3N 9 Ag + 9 B1g + 4 B2g + 5 B3g + 4 Au + 5 B1u + 9 B2u + 9 B3u
Irriducible representation &Gammavib 9 Ag + 8 B1g + 4 B2g + 3 B3g + 4 Au + 4 B1u + 8 B2u + 8 B3u
Infrared active modes 4 B1u + 8 B2u + 8 B3u
Single ionization energy (eV)
Adiab. = 7.80 Vert. = 7.89 (Exp. 8.144 ± 0.001)
Double ionization energy (eV)
Singlet: Adiab. = 20.99 Vert. = 21.35 (Exp. 21.5 ± 0.2)
Triplet: Adiab. = 21.45 Vert. = 21.57
Electron affinity (eV)
Adiab. = -0.26 Vert. = -0.38 (Exp. -0.200 ± 0.050)
Zero Point Energies (kcal/mol)
Anion = 90 Neutral = 94 Cation = 94 Dication S= 93
Static dipole polarizabilities (Å3)
Anion: &alphaxx = 41 &alphayy = 23 &alphazz = 17
Neutral: &alphaxx = 26 &alphayy = 19 &alphazz = 10
Cation: &alphaxx = 26 &alphayy = 18 &alphazz = 8
Dication: &alphaxx = 25 &alphayy = 17 &alphazz = 7
Rotational constants(cm-1)
Anion: A = 1.041e-01 B = 3.989e-02 C = 2.884e-02
Neutral: A = 1.038e-01 B = 4.093e-02 C = 2.936e-02
Cation: A = 1.045e-01 B = 4.060e-02 C = 2.924e-02
Dication S: A = 1.045e-01 B = 3.999e-02 C = 2.892e-02
Dication T: A = 1.002e-01 B = 4.087e-02 C = 2.903e-02
van der Waals coefficients (a.u.)#
Average static polarizability &alpha(0) = 123
Effective frequency &omega1 = 0.422
Homomolecular Hamaker constant (x10-3) C6 = 4.79
Coefficient of the retardated vdW interaction (x10-6) KAA = 0.605

#The full set of C6naphthalene, PAH for all PAHs in the database can be found here



Naphthalene Index