FT-IR spectroscopic analyses of 4-hydroxy-1-methyl-3-[2-nitro-2-oxoacetyl-2(1H)quinolinone (HMNOQ)

- B3LYP as well as FTIR were utilized to analyze HNCQ.
- HMNOQ vibrational assignments were aided at B3LYP/6-311G(d,p).
- HMNOQ has a high dipole moment (9 Debye) and HOMO/LUMO energy gap (4 eV).