Green Synthesis, SC-XRD, Non-Covalent Interactive Potential and Electronic Communication <i>via</i> DFT Exploration of Pyridine-Based Hydrazone

• Main Authors: Akbar Ali, Muhammad Khalid, Saba Abid, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Ashfaq, Fariha Kanwal, Changrui Lu, Muhammad Fayyaz ur Rehman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
• Series: Crystals
• Subjects: hydrazones; sonochemical-based synthesis; single-crystal analysis; non-covalent interaction; Hirshfeld surface study
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/10/9/778

Ultrasound-based synthesis at room temperature produces valuable compounds greener and safer than most other methods. This study presents the sonochemical fabrication and characterization of a pyridine-based halogenated hydrazone, (E)-2-((6-chloropyridin-2-yl)oxy)-N′-(2-hydroxybenzylidene) acetohydrazide (HBPAH). The NMR spectroscopic technique was used to determine the structure, while SC-XRD confirmed its crystalline nature. Our structural studies revealed that strong, inter-molecular attractive forces stabilize this crystalline organic compound. Moreover, the compound was optimized at the B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level using the Crystallographic Information File (CIF). Natural bonding orbital (NBO) and natural population analysis (NPA) were performed at the same level using optimized geometry. Time-dependent density functional theory (DFT) was performed at the B3LYP/6-311G (d,p) method to calculate the frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs) and molecular electrostatic potential (MEP). The global reactivity descriptors were determined using HOMO and LUMO energy gaps. Theoretical calculations based on the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QT-AIM) and Hirshfeld analyses identified the non-covalent and covalent interactions of the HBPAH compound. Consequently, QT-AIM and Hirshfeld analyses agree with experimental results.