A Theoretical Study of 5-methyl-2-isopropylphenol (Thymol) by DFT
Gaussian 09, RevisionA.01, software package was used for the theoretical quantum chemical calculations of 5-methyl-2-isopropylphenol. DFT/B3LYP/6-311G (d, p) basis was used to perform geometric optimization and vibrational frequency determination of the molecule. The statistical thermochemical calculations of the molecule were done at DFT/B3LYP/6-311G (d, p) basis set to calculate the standard thermodynamic functions: heat capacity (CV), entropy (S) and Enthalpy (E). Various NLO properties like total dipole moment (µ), mean linear polarizability (α), anisotropic polarizability (Δα), first order polarizability (β), and second order hyperpolarizability (γ) in terms of x, y, z components were calculated at DFT/B3LYP/6-311G (d, p) basis set for 5-methyl-2-isopropylphenol. Mulliken population analysis was also done using the same basis set. Time Dependent DFT (TD-DFT) method using the same basis set was used to compute UV-Visible absorption spectra, ECD spectra, electronic transitions, vertical excitation energies and oscillator strengths of 5-methyl-2-isopropylphenol.FMO analysis, ESP study were also done using the same basis set.