In this study, a novel trans-(1E,2E)-benzil-O,O-dimethylsulfonyl dioxime (BDMDO) monomer was prepared via a one-step dehydrochlorination reaction. BDMDO was characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, UV–Vis, and FT-IR spectroscopies, CHN elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and TGA. According to the X-ray diffraction data, the BDMDO crystal structure was solved as a trans-isomer dioxime. The lattice structure was stabilized by two types of H-bonds and a sufficient number of interesting non-covalent supramolecular interactions such as the CH⋯HC bonds. Molecular electrostatic potential measurements and Hirschfeld surface analysis were performed to understand these interaction modes. The cis–trans isomerization in BDMDO as well as the structural, vibrational, NMR, highest occupied molecular orbital/lowest unoccupied molecular orbital bandgap, density of states, and electronic properties were computed by the density functional theory and subsequently compared with available experimental 1H and 13C NMR, UV–Vis, and FT-IR spectral data. The thermogravimetric/derivative thermogravimetric behavior of BDMDO was determined experimentally under an open-room atmosphere.
Abbreviations
DFT
Density functional theory
DOS
Density of states
EDX
Energy-dispersive X-ray
GIAO
Gauge-including atomic orbital
HSA
Hirschfeld surface analysis
MEP
Molecular electrostatic potential
MS
Mass spectrometry
TS
Transition state
XRD
X-ray diffraction
Keywords
Dioxime
XRD
HSA
MEP
NMR
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