Conformational stability, molecular structure, vibrational, electronic, 1H and 13C spectral analysis of 3-pyridinemethanol using ab-initio/DFT method

•The compound 3-pyridinemethanol has been investigated using FT-IR, FT-Raman and NMR and UV-Vis spectroscopic tool.•The vibrational properties and the stable geometry of the molecule through conformational study are carried out.•The charge transfer in the molecule by HOMO-LUMO studied in relation with NBO analysis.•The study of NLO property in relation with polarizability and hyperpolarizability is done.

The FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra of 3-pyridinemethanol (3PYRM) have been recorded in the regions 4000–400 and 4000–100 cm−1 respectively. The vibrational analysis of 3PYRM was carried out using wavenumbers computed by HF and DFT (B3LYP) methods with 6-311++G (d, p) basis set, along with experimental values. The conformational analyses were performed and the energies of the different possible conformers were determined. The total electron density and MESP surfaces of the molecules were constructed using B3LYP/6-311++G (d, p) method to display nucleophilic and electrophilic region globally. The HOMO and LUMO energies were measured and different reactivity descriptors are discussed the active sites of the molecule. Natural Bond Orbital Analysis is discussed and possible transition are correlated with the electronic transitions. Milliken's net charges and the atomic natural charges are also predicted. The 13C and 1H NMR chemical shifts were computed at the B3LYP/6-311++G (2d, p) level by applying GIAO theory and compared with the experimental spectra recorded using the high resolution of 100 MHz and 400 MHz NMR spectrometer with electromagnetic field strength 9.1T, respectively. The temperature dependence of the thermodynamic properties; heat capacity, entropy and enthalpy for the title compounds were also determined by B3LYP/6-311++G (d, p) method.

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