NMR, FT-IR, Raman and UV–Vis spectroscopic investigation and DFT study of 6-Bromo-3-Pyridinyl Boronic Acid

Possible stable conformers and geometrical molecular structures of 6-Bromo-3-Pyridinyl Boronic acid (6B3PBA; C 5 H 5 BBrNO 2 ) were studied experimentally and theoretically using FT-IR and Raman spectroscopic methods. FT-IR and Raman spectra were recorded in the region of 4000–400 cm −1 and 3700–400 cm −1, respectively. The structural properties were investigated further, using 1 H, 13 C, 1 H coupled 13 C, HETCOR, COSY and APT NMR techniques. The optimized geometric structures were searched by Becke-3–Lee–Yang–Parr (B3LYP) hybrid density functional theory method with 6-311++G(d, p) basis set. Vibrational wavenumbers of 6B3PBA were calculated whereby B3LYP density functional methods including 6-311++G(d, p), 6-311G(d, p), 6-311G(d), 6-31G(d, p) and 6-31G(d) basis sets. The comparison of the experimentally and theoretically obtained results using mean absolute error and experimental versus calculated correlation coefficients for the vibrational wavenumbers indicates that B3LYP method with 6-311++G(d, p) gives more satisfactory results for predicting vibrational wavenumbers when compared to the 6-311G(d, p), 6-311G(d), 6-31G(d, p) and 6-31G(d) basis sets. However, this method and none of the mentioned methods here seem suitable for the calculations of OH stretching modes, most likely because increasing unharmonicity in the high wave number region and possible intra and inter molecular interactions at OH edges lead some deviations between experimental and theoretical results. Moreover, reliable vibrational assignments were made on the basis of total energy distribution (TED) calculated using scaled quantum mechanical (SQM) method.