Experimental and DFT study on a newly synthesized ethyl 2-cyano-3-[5-(phenyl-hydrazonomethyl)-1H-pyrrol-2-yl]-acrylate

A newly synthesized ethyl 2-cyano-3-[5-(phenyl-hydrazonomethyl)-1H-pyrrol-2-yl]-acrylate (ECPHPA) has been characterized by experimental measurements. The theoretically calculated results are in accordance with the experimental studies. All calculations have been performed using B3LY/6-31G(d,p) basis set. The oscillatory strength (f) and wavelength of various electronic excitations show π → π∗ nature of transitions. Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis shows intramolecular conjugative/hyperconjugative interactions within the studied molecule. The result of hydrogen bonding is obvious in 1H NMR, FT-IR and NBO analyses as down field chemical shift, vibrational red shift and π1(C8N9) → σ∗(N1H24) interaction, respectively. Global electrophilicity index (ω = 4.80 eV) shows that ECPHPA is a strong electrophile and local reactivity descriptors indicate have reactive sites within molecule and undergo for the formation of various heterocyclic compounds. The first hyperpolarizability (β0) computed found to be 35.76 × 10−30 esu, evaluate the suitability of compound for non-linear optical (NLO) response.