Brajendra S. Kusmariya, A. Mishra
Dec 5, 2015
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Journal of Molecular Structure
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Abstract We report here synthesis, DFT, Docking and Fluorescence studies of three Schiff base organic compounds viz. 2-{(E)-[(5-chloro-2-sulfanylphenyl)imino]methyl}phenol (1); 2,4-dichloro-6-{(E)-[(5-chloro-2-sulfanylphenyl)imino]methyl}phenol (2) and 2-{(E)-[(5-chloro-2-sulfanylphenyl) imino] methyl}-5-(diethylamino) phenol (3). These compounds have been characterized by elemental, FTIR, electronic and 1H NMR spectral techniques. Spectroscopic studies reveal that all the compounds exist in enol-form in the solid state whereas keto and enol, both forms exist in solution. The fluorescence behavior has been studied in DMF solvents and 1 & 2 compound exhibit more efficient fluorescence properties. The molecular geometry of all the compounds in the ground state has been computed using the Hartree–Fock (HF) and density functional theory (DFT) with the 6-31++G basis set. The theoretical electronic absorption spectra of the compounds have been predicted using TD-DFT and TD-HF methods and compared with experimental spectral results. The predicted nonlinear optical properties of all the compounds are higher than those of urea. In addition to DFT calculations; frequency calculations, mulliken charge distribution, HOMO-LUMO and molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) have also been computed at the same level of theory. Molecular docking studies of the compounds in the active site of CAII (PDB code: 1CNX) have been performed to predict their possible binding modes in the active site of target carbonic anhydrase II enzyme.