Molecular Structure, Vibrational Spectra and Chemical Shift Properties of C12H9ClO4 and C12H9BrO4 Crystals by Density Functional Theory and ab initio Hartree-Fock Calculations
The molecular geometry, vibrational spectra, and gauge including atomic orbital (GIAO), individual gauges for atoms in molecules (IGAIM), and continuous set of gauge transformations (CSGT) 1H and 13C chemical shift values of ethyl 6-chloro-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carboxylate (C12H9ClO4-(I)) and ethyl 6-bromo-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carboxylate (C12H9BrO4-(II)) in the ground state have been calculated by using the Hartree-Fock (HF) and density functional method (B3LYP) with 6- 31G+(d,p) basis set. The results of the optimized molecular structure are presented and compared with the experimental X-ray diffraction. The computed vibrational frequencies were used to determine the types of molecular motions associated with the spectra of the experimental bands observed. Also, calculated 1H and 13C chemical shift values were compared with the experimental ones.