(Z)-3-({[3-Meth-oxy-5-(tri-fluoro-meth-yl)phen-yl]imino}meth-yl)benzene-1,2-diol

Synthesis, Characterizations, Hirshfeld Surface Analysis, DFT, and NLO Study of a Schiff Base Derived from Trifluoromethyl Amine

We synthesized an imine-based (Schiff base) crystalline organic chromophore, i.e., (E)-2-ethoxy-6-(((3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)imino)methyl)phenol (ETPMP), and explored its nonlinear optical (NLO) properties. The crystalline structure of ETPMP was determined by the XRD technique and equated with the associated structures utilizing a Cambridge Structural Database search. The supramolecular assembly of ETPMP was investigated regarding intermolecular interactions and short contacts by Hirshfeld surface analysis. Void analysis was performed to check the mechanical response of the crystal. Supramolecular assembly was further inspected by interaction energy calculations that were performed with the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) functional. Besides this, the NLO properties of ETPMP and other already reported crystal TFMOS were explored utilizing the M06/6-31G(d,p) functional of the DFT approach. An excellent agreement was observed between XRD and DFT results of geometric parameters of the above-mentioned crystals. Narrow band gap along with bathochromic shift (3.489 eV and 317.225 nm, respectively) were investigated in TFMOS than that of ETPMP. Owing to these unique properties, TFMOS possesses higher linear (⟨a⟩ = 3.835 × 10-23 esu) and nonlinear (γtot. = 1.346 × 10-34 esu) response as compared to ETPMP. The outcomes explicitly show the higher nonlinearity in TFMOS, highlighting its importance in potential NLO applications.

Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 2-{[(E)-(3-cyclo-butyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)imino]-meth-yl}phenol

The title compound, C13H14N4O, was developed using the reaction of salicyl-aldehyde and 3-amino-5-cyclo-butyl-1,2,4-triazole in ethanol under microwave irradiation. This eco-friendly microwave-promoted method proved to be efficient in the synthesis of 2-{[(E)-(3-cyclo-butyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)imino]-meth-yl}phenol in good yields and purity. The title compound is a Schiff base that exists in the phenol-imine tautomeric form and adopts an E configuration. The three independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit (A, B and C) are not planar, the cyclo-butyl and the phenol-imine rings are twisted to each other making a dihedral angle of 67.8 (4)° in mol-ecule A, 69.1 (2)° in mol-ecule B and 89.1 (2)° in mol-ecule C. In each mol-ecule an intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond is present, forming an S(6) ring motif. A Hirshfeld surface analysis was performed to investigate the contributions of the different inter-molecular contacts within the supra-molecular structure. The major inter-actions are H⋯H (53%), C⋯H (19%) and N⋯H (17%) for mol-ecule A, H⋯H (50%), N⋯H (20%) and C⋯H (20%) for mol-ecule B and H⋯H (57%), C⋯H (14%) and N⋯H (13%) for mol-ecule C.