Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5417801 | Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM | 2008 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
The Raman (3600-100 cmâ1), infrared (4000-400 cmâ1), far-infrared (400-200 cmâ1), 1H and 13C NMR spectra of solid benzothiazoline-2-thione (BTT) are recorded. Additionally, the 1H NMR spectra were obtained at a temperature range from â90 to +90 °C. In addition, 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) can either be cis (S-H is eclipsing CN bond) and/or trans (S-H is eclipsing CS bond). Therefore, we carried out geometry and frequency calculations for thio-keto and thio-enol conformations using Density Functional Theory (DFT) methods of B3LYP, B3PW91 and SVWN utilizing 6-31 G(d) basis set. Theoretical predictions are consistent with vibrational measurements, which are in favor of the thio-keto (thione) tautomer at ambient temperature (25 °C). From the variable temperature 1H NMR spectra, it is evident that the thione BTT is the only existing tautomer at ambient (25 °C), low- (down to â90 °C) and high- (up to +90 °C) temperatures. Therefore, the thio-keto (BTT) and thio-enol (MBT) equilibrium is unquestionably excluded. B3LYP and B3PW91 calculations are in agreement with vibrational spectra as well as X-ray structural parameters of BTT rather than SVWN at 6-31 G(d) basis set. In addition, we calculated the S-H barriers to internal rotation for cis/trans chalcogen analogues of MBT utilizing B3LYP/MP2 potential surface scans with the 6-31 G(d) basis set. The cis/trans S-H barriers were 4.15/3.61, 3.39/2.90 and 3.71/3.36 kcal/mol for 2-mecaptobenzoxazole (MBO), 2-mercaptobezothiazole (MBT) and 2-mercaptobenzoselenazole (MBSe) analogues, respectively.
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Authors
Tarek A. Mohamed, Ahmed M. Mustafa, Wajdi M. Zoghaib, Mahmoud S. Afifi, Rabei S. Farag, Yehia Badr,