Spectroscopic (FTIR, FT-Raman, UV and NMR) investigation and NLO, HOMO-LUMO, NBO analysis of 2-Benzylpyridine based on quantum chemical calculations.

In this work, the vibrational characteristics of 2-Benzylpyridine have been investigated. The structure of the molecule has been optimized and the structural characteristics of the molecule have been determined by density functional theory B3LYP method with 6-31G(d,p) basis set. The infrared and Raman spectra have been simulated from calculated intensities. Both the experimental and theoretical vibrational data confirms the presence of functional groups in the title compound. The (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra were recorded and (1)H and (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shifts of the molecule were calculated using the gauge independent atomic orbital method. UV-Visible spectrum of the title compound was recorded in the region 190-1100 nm and the electronic properties HOMO and LUMO energies were calculated by CIS approach. Nonlinear optical and thermodynamic properties were interpreted. All the calculated results were compared with the available experimental data of the title molecule.