Molecular structure, spectroscopic (FT-IR, FT Raman, UV, NMR and THz) investigation and hyperpolarizability studies of 3-(2-Chloro-6-fluorophenyl)-1-(2-thienyl) prop-2-en-1-one

In the present work, a combined experimental and theoretical study on ground state molecular structure, spectroscopic and nonlinear optical properties of the chalcone derivative 3-(2-Chloro-6-fluorophenyl)-1-(2-thienyl) prop-2-en-1-one (2C6F2SC) is reported. Initial geometry generated from single crystal X-ray diffraction parameters was minimized at DFT level employing B3LYP/6-311++G (d,p) without any constraint to the potential energy surface. The molecule has been characterized using various experimental techniques FT-IR, FT-Raman, UV–Vis, 1H NMR, TD-THz and the spectroscopic data have been analyzed theoretically by Density Functional Theory (DFT) method. Harmonic vibrational frequencies were calculated theoretically using the optimized ground state geometry and the spectra were interpreted by means of potential energy distribution. Time Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT) has been used to calculate energies, absorption wavelengths, oscillator strengths of electronic singlet–singlet transitions. The calculated energy and oscillator strength complement with the experimental findings. The HOMO–LUMO energy gap explains the charge interaction taking place within the molecule. Good correlations between the experimental 1H NMR chemical shifts and calculated GIAO shielding tensors were found. Stability of the molecule, hyperconjugative interactions and charge delocalization has been analyzed by natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis. The first order hyperpolarizability (β) of this molecular system and related properties (μ, <α> and Δα) have been calculated using the finite-field approach.