Vibrational spectra and DFT study of anticancer active molecule 2-(4-Bromophenyl)-1H-benzimidazole by normal coordinate analysis

FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra of the 2-(4-Bromophenyl)-1H-benzimidzole were recorded and analyzed in the solid phase. The optimized molecular geometry, the vibrational wavenumbers, the infrared intensities and the Raman scattering activities were calculated by using Hartree-Fock and density functional method (B3LYP) with 6-31G(d,p) basis set. The potential surface scan study was carried out for the conformation of theoretical structure. Detailed interpretation of the vibrational spectra had been carried out with the aid of the normal coordinate analysis. Chemical interpretation of hyperconjugative interaction was done by natural bond orbital analysis.