A DFT Study of the Vibrational Spectra of 1, and 2-Nitrotriphenylene

Authors

Kefa Karimu Onchoke, Stephen F Austin State UniversityFollow
Matthew Parks, Stephen F Austin State University
Amanda H. Nolan

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2009

Abstract

The infrared (IR) and Raman spectra, and intensities of triphenylene, 1-, and 2-nitrotriphenylene were investigated by the density functional theory (DFT, B3LYP method) with 6-311+G** basis set. Normal mode assignments are proposed with particular emphasis on the nitro group vibrations. Compared to 2-nitrotriphenylene (2-NTRP) 1-nitrotriphenylene (1-NTRP) is predicted to show asymmetric nitro stretches at higher frequencies. Through the vibrational study, the structure–spectroscopic relationships of these nitro polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) are made, and possible insights into their differential mutagenic potencies correlated. The geometrical distortions of the TRP structure upon nitro group substitution and correlations between structural parameters and vibrational data as well as structure–function relationships related to the mutagenicity of this important class of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are discussed.

Comments

Onchoke, Kefa K., Matthew E. Parks, and Amanda H. Nolan. "A DFT study of the vibrational spectra of 1, and 2-nitrotriphenylene." Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 74.2 (2009): 579-587

Repository Citation

Onchoke, Kefa Karimu; Parks, Matthew; and Nolan, Amanda H., "A DFT Study of the Vibrational Spectra of 1, and 2-Nitrotriphenylene" (2009). Faculty Publications. 44.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/chemistry_facultypubs/44