Synthesis, molecular structure and spectroscopic characterization of (E)-1-((2-hydroxynaphthalen-1-yl) methyleneamino)-5-(4-methoxybenzoyl)-4-(4-methoxyphenyl) pyrimidine-2(1H)-one with experimental techniques and theoretical calculations

•Theoretical results obtained by density functional theory (DFT) were compared with the experimental results.•FT-IR and 1H–13C NMR spectra were recorded and compared with the theoretical results.•NLO, NBO analysis of the molecule were studied.•HOMO and LUMO energies, MEP distribution of the molecule were calculated.

A new Schiff base compound, (E)-1-((2-hydroxynaphthalen-1-yl) methyleneamino)-5-(4-methoxybenzoyl)-4-(4-methoxyphenyl) pyrimidine-2(1H)-one, formula sum is given by C30H23N3O5, was synthesized and characterized by experimentally and theoretically. Optimized molecular structure was obtained using X-ray diffraction in the ground state. FT-IR, NMR and UV–Vis frequencies have been measured and compared with theoretically obtained data by using by DFT/B3LYP method with 6-31G(d) and 6-311++G(d,p) basis set. In addition, molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), dipole moments, NBO analysis, atomic charges, HOMO–LUMO and molecular electrostatic potential were computed. The calculated results show that the optimized geometry can well reproduce the crystal structure parameters, and the theoretical vibrational frequencies, 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts show good agreement with experimental values.

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