Abstract
We report for the first time a detailed vibrational analysis of dibenzo-18-crown-6, dbl8c6. The experimental IR and Raman spectra of dbl 8c6 were measured. The assignment of the fundamental vibrational frequencies of db18c6 was aided by using scaled quantum mechanical force fields calculated at the B3LYP/6-311G** and CAM-B3LYP/6-311G** levels. Comparison between the experimental, and calculated spectra of some of the important conformations of dbl8c6 led to the conclusion that db18c6 in the solid phase exists in a C2 conformation that is similar to that predicted by X-ray, for also the solid phase. The effect of inclusion of the atom pair-wise dispersion correction to the B3LYP method, known as the B3LYP-D3 method, on the calculated IR and Raman spectra of db18c6 at the B3LYP level was also investigated. It was concluded that the effect of inclusion of the dispersion correction on the calculated vibrational frequencies and intensities is negligible. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.