A Hypothetical Study on Structural aspects of Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) by Hyperchem and Arguslab 4 software

Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) is a plant compound derived from glucosinolates, found in cruciferous vegetables. Researchers have indicated that I3C shows great promise as a cancer preventative and hormone-balancing agent. HyperChem 7.5 software was used for quantum mechanical calculations. The geometry optimization was carried out using Ab Initio method. QSAR parameters were generated with semi empirical single point AM1 method. The HOMO and LUMO frontier orbital energies were also computed. Conformational analysis and geometry optimization of Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) was performed according to the Hartree-Fock (HF) calculation method by ArgusLab 4.0.1 software .The minimum heat of formation is calculated by geometry convergence function by ArgusLab software. PM3 semi empirical quantum mechanical calculations were carried out on structure of Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) to obtain the geometries, geometric parameters and thermodynamic parameters. The HOMO and LUMO frontier orbital energies were also computed for the optimized molecule. Electron density surface of IDOX is determined using PM3 geometry with PM3 wavefunciton.