Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1237848 Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 2009 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

Beta-adrenoceptor-blocking agents (β-blockers) are on the list of the top selling drugs. Pindolol is a representative of this type of compound, either from the structural point of view, or as reference for comparison of the pharmacokinetic properties of the β-blockers. A study of the pindolol structure based on infrared spectroscopy and natural bond orbital (NBO) theory is the main aim of the present research.FTIR spectra of the solid pindolol were recorded from 4000 to 400 cm−1, at temperatures between 25 and −170 °C. For spectral interpretation, the theoretical vibrational spectra of the conformer present in the solid was obtained at the B3LYP/6-31G* level of theory. NBO analysis of the reference conformer, before and after optimization, was carried out at the same level of theory referred above.Characteristic absorption vibrational bands of the spectra of solid pindolol and of the isolated conformer were identified. Intra- and intermolecular interactions in pindolol were confirmed by the frequency shift of the vibrational modes and by the NBO theory.A detailed molecular picture of pindolol and of its intermolecular interactions was obtained from spectroscopy and NBO theory. The combination of both methods gives a deeper insight into the structure.

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