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Spectroscopic characterization of 1-[3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)propyl]-3-phenylthiourea and assessment of reactive and optoelectronic properties employing DFT calculations and molecular dynamics simulations
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IR and Raman spectra of 1-[3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)propyl]-3-phenylthiourea (HIPPT) have been recorded in the solid phase and the vibrational wave numbers are calculated theoretically by B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) (6D, 7F) method. All the fundamental vibrational modes have been assigned using potential energy distribution values and the molecular structure was analyzed in terms of parameters like bond length, bond angles and dihedral angles. The ring breathing mode of the phenyl ring is observed at 1016 cm(-1) in the IR spectrum, 1014 cm(-1) in the Raman spectrum and at 1014 cm(-1) theoretically. The values of polarizability and hyperpolarizabilities were calculated and nonlinear optical properties are discussed. The HOMO-LUMO plot reveals the charge transfer possibilities in the molecule. The NBO analysis was computed and possible transitions were correlated with the electronic transitions. In the title compound, the imidazole ring and CH2 groups are tilted from each other and the thiourea group is tilted from the phenyl ring. Using MEP plot the electrophilic and nucleophilic regions are identified. Local reactivity properties were investigated by analysis of ALIE surfaces and Fukui functions. Oxidation and degradation properties were initially assessed by calculation of bond dissociation energies of all single acyclic bonds. Determination of atoms with pronounced interactions with water molecules was performed by calculation of radial distribution functions after molecular dynamics simulations. Chargehopping rates were calculated within Marcus semi-empiric approach, employing both DFT calculations and MD simulations. The molecular docking computational predictions were complemented by the in vitro antibacterial activity evaluation. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of molecular structure. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2017
ISSN
0022-2860
DOI
10.1016/J.MOLSTRUC.2016.09.063
Volume/pages
1129 (2017) , p. 72-85
ISI
000389785400010
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