Spectroscopic investigation (FTIR spectrum), NBO, HOMO–LUMO energies, NLO and thermodynamic properties of 8-Methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamideby DFT methods

•The complete vibrational assignment and PED calculations have been done.•Thermodynamic properties were determined at different temperatures.•HOMO–LUMO energies, MEP distribution of the molecule were calculated.•NLO and NBO analysis of the molecule were calculated.

Capsicum a hill grown vegetable is also known as red pepper or chili pepper. Capsaicin(8-Methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) is the active component in chili peppers, which is currently used in the treatment of osteoarthritis, psoriasis and cancer. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrum of Capsaicin in the solid phase were recorded in the region 4000–400 cm−1 and analyzed. The vibrational frequencies of the title compound were obtained theoretically by DFT/B3LYP calculations employing the standard 6-311++G(d,p) basis set and were compared with Fourier transform infrared spectrum. Complete vibrational assignment analysis and correlation of the fundamental modes for the title compound were carried out. The vibrational harmonic frequencies were scaled using scale factor, yielding a good agreement between the experimentally recorded and the theoretically calculated values. Stability of the molecule arising from hyper conjugative interactions, charge delocalization and intra molecular hydrogen bond-like weak interaction has been analyzed using Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis by using B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) method. The results show that electron density (ED) in the σ∗ and π∗ antibonding orbitals and second-order delocalization energies E (2) confirm the occurrence of intra molecular charge transfer (ICT) within the molecule. The dipole moment (μ), polarizability (α) and the hyperpolarizability (β) values of the molecule has been computed. Thermodynamic properties (heat capacity, entropy and enthalpy) of the title compound at different temperatures were calculated.

Graphical abstractIn this work, the complete vibrational assignment with PED of 8-Methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide were calculated using density functional theory (DFT) based on scaled quantum chemical approach. The calculated HOMO and LUMO energies show that charge transfer occur within the molecule. Comparison of simulated spectra with the experimental spectra provides important information about the ability of the computational method to describe the vibrational modes.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide