title: Hydrothermal synthesis, experimental and theoretical characterization of a novel cocrystal compound in the 2:1 stoichiometric ratio containing 6-methyluracil and dipicolinic acid.
abstract: This paper reports the hydrothermal synthesis, experimental and theoretical studies of a novel cocrystal compound in the 2:1 stoichiometric ratio of 6-methyluracil (6mu) and dipicolinic acid (pydcH(2)) formulated as [6mu](2)[pydcH(2)] (1), for the first time. DFT calculations were performed to access the most possible geometry of the title cocrystal compound. All calculations were carried out with the B3LYP hybrid density functional level and 6-311+G(d,p) basis sets. The vibrational frequencies together with the (1)H and (13)C NMR chemical shifts have been calculated on the fully optimized geometry of 1. The theoretical results are in good agreement with the experimental and solution data. The theoretical, solution, and experimental (elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, FTIR, (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopies) results confirmed our proposed structure for 1 in the 2:1 stoichiometric ratio of 6mu and pydcH(2), respectively. The protonation and equilibrium constants of 6mu and pydcH(2) and constituent systems were determined by potentiometric studies and the corresponding distribution diagrams depicted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 917791436, Islamic Republic of Iran. heshtiagh@um.ac.ir
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eshtiagh-Hosseini
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aghabozorg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirzaei
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Beyramabadi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eshghi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morsali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shokrollahi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aghaei
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D004602:Elements; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010848:Picolinic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D011199:Potentiometry; D011522:Protons; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013696:Temperature; D014498:Uracil / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D014732:Vibration; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004602:Elements; D010848:Picolinic Acids; D011522:Protons; D014867:Water; D014498:Uracil; C008378:6-methyluracil; C004860:dipicolinic acid