We have used the DFT/B3LYP method with 6-31G * ( ** ) basis sets for analysis of the vibrational spectra and geometric structure of pyrrole, furan, thiophene, and selenophene in the anharmonic approximation. We have determined the influence of resonance effects on the nature of the vibrational states.Key words: calculation of anharmonic vibrational spectra of pyrrole, furan, thiophene; structural dynamic model; anharmonic constants; Fermi resonance; intensities of IR and Raman spectra.Introduction. Five-membered heterocyclic molecules are fragments of complex molecular systems having important practical value. Spectrochemical methods, including vibrational spectroscopy, dominate in constructing structural dynamic models for such compounds. So reliable interpretation of the vibrational states of the individual fragments of the molecular system is needed.To date, extensive experimental data has been accumulated on the vibrational spectra of pyrrole, furan, thiophene, selenophene, and a number of their substituted derivatives [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Theoretical analysis of the vibrational spectra of pyrrole, furan, and thiophene has often been carried out in the harmonic approximation of the theory of molecular vibrations [1,2]. Nevertheless, there is no established interpretation of the fundamental vibrational frequencies due to the limited possibilities of the classical approach [1] for determining the quadratic force constants of the molecules, associated with solution of inverse spectral problems.Selection of the zero-th approximation for the original force field for the five-membered ring C 1 C 2 X 3 C 4 C 5 (X = N, O, S, Se), based on transfer of quadratic force constants or influence factors [1] from cyclic compounds containing similar valence bonds and bond angles, led to ambiguities in the solutions of the inverse problems. To our knowledge, no such theoretical analysis of the vibrational spectra has been carried out for selenophene.Anharmonic analysis of the vibrational states of the considered molecules has been carried out occasionally, and has clearly been limited in connection with the lack of reliable software packages permitting such calculations to be performed. The possibility of anharmonic analysis of the vibrational states of polyatomic molecules became realistic when the Gaussian-2003 package appeared [10].When using direct ab initio quantum calculations of the geometry, electronic structure, and vibrational spectra, there is always the problem of choosing the calculation method and the basis. Analysis of the vibrational states of fivemembered heterocyclic molecules in the harmonic approximation of the theory of vibrations, presented in monograph [2], showed that for this class of compounds, preference should be given to the DFT/B3LYP/6-31 G * method [2].The aim of this work was analysis of the anharmonic properties of the adiabatic potential and the vibrational states of pyrrole, furan, thiophene, and selenophene.Structural Dynamic Models. In constructing structural dynamic models for ...