title: Infrared and NMR spectra, tautomerism, vibrational assignment, normal coordinate analysis, and quantum mechanical calculations of 4-amino-5-pyrimidinecarbonitrile.
abstract: The infrared (4000-200 cm(-1)) spectrum for 4-amino-5-pyrimidinecarbonitrile (APC, C5H4N4) was acquired in the solid phase. In addition, the (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra of APC were obtained in DMSO-d6 along with its mass spectrum. Initially, six isomers were hypothesized and then investigated by means of DFT/B3LYP and MP2(full) quantum mechanical calculations using a 6-31G(d) basis set. Moreover, the (1)H and (13)C NMR chemical shifts were predicted using a GIAO approximation at the 6-311+G(d,p) basis set and the B3LYP method with (and without) solvent effects using PCM method. The correlation coefficients showed good agreement between the experimental/theoretical chemical shift values of amino tautomers (1 and 2) rather than the eliminated imino tautomers (3-6), in agreement with the current quantum mechanical calculations. Structures 3-6 are less stable than the amino tautomers (1 and 2) by about 5206-8673 cm(-1) (62.3-103.7 kJ/mol). The MP2(full)/6-31G(d) computational results favor the amino structure 1 with a pyramidal NH2 moiety and calculated real vibrational frequencies, however; structure 2 is considered a transition state owing to the calculated imaginary frequency. It is worth mentioning that, the calculated structural parameters suggest a strong conjugation between the amino nitrogen and pyrimidine ring. Aided by frequency calculations, normal coordinate analysis, force constants and potential energy distributions (PEDs), a complete vibrational assignment for the observed bands is proposed herein. Finally, NH2 internal rotation barriers for the stable non-planar isomer (1) were carried out using MP2(full)/6-31G(d) optimized structural parameters. Our results are discussed herein and compared to structural parameters for similar molecules whenever appropriate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science (Men's Campus), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City 11884, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mahmoud S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Afifi
authors.forename: Rabei S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Farag
authors.forename: Ibrahim A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Shaaban
authors.forename: Lee D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Wajdi M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Zoghaib
authors.forename: Tarek A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Mohamed
mesh_terms: D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014732:Vibration
chemical_list: D011743:Pyrimidines; C030986:pyrimidine