Spectroscopic (FT-IR, FT-Raman, UV, ¹H and ¹³C NMR) profiling and theoretical calculations of (2E)-2-[3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-1-phenylpropylidene]hydrazinecarboxamide: An anticonvulsant agent

Vibrational characteristics of the anticonvulsant agent, (2E)-2-[3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-1-phenylpropylidene]hydrazinecarboxamide ((2E)-IPHC) have been investigated. The computational data are obtained by adopting ab initio Hartree-Fock (HF) and DFT/B3LYP/6-31 + G(d,p) methods. The most stable conformer is identified by a potential energy scan. The optimized geometrical parameters indicated that the overall symmetry of the most stable conformer is C_S. Atoms in molecules (AIM) analysis is contained out and the chemical bondings between the atoms are as characterized. Mulliken atomic charges and simulated thermo-molecular (heat capacity and enthalpy) characteristics of the (2E)-IPHC molecule also have been analyzed. The magnitude of the molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) of oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen atoms as well as phenyl and imidazole rings in the title molecule were investigated along with their contribution to the biological activity. The energy gap between HOMO and LUMO orbitals has been found to be 5.1334 eV in the gaseous phase. Excitation energies, oscillator strength and wavelengths were computed by the time-dependent density function theory (TD-DFT) approach. Predicted wavenumbers have been assigned and they are consistent with the experimental values. The ¹H and ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) chemical shifts of the (2E)-IPHC molecule were computed by the gauge independent atomic orbital (GIAO) method and were compared with the experimental results.