Crystal and molecular structure, conformational, vibrational properties and DFT calculations of melaminium bis (hydrogen oxalate)

Single crystals of melaminium bis (hydrogen oxalate) (MOX) were grown by slow evaporation method. X-ray powder diffraction analysis indicates that MOX crystallizes in monoclinic system (space group C2/c) and the calculated lattice constants are a = 20.075 ± 0.123 Ǻ, b = 8.477 ± 0.045 Ǻ, c = 6.983 ± 0.015, α = γ 90° and β = 102.6 ± 0.33°. Thermal analysis confirms that MOX is thermally stable up to 250 °C. A detailed interpretation of the FT-IR, FT-Raman and NMR spectra were reported. The equilibrium geometry, bonding features, and harmonic vibrational frequencies have been investigated with the help of PM6, HF and DFT/B3LYP methods. The potential energy curve shows that MOX molecule has two stable structures and the computational results diagnose that Rot I is the most stable conformer. The 1 H and 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) chemical shifts of the molecule were calculated by the Gauge-Invariant Atomic Orbital (GIAO) method. Stability of the molecule, arising from hyperconjugative interactions and charge delocalization, has been analyzed using Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) analysis. The electronic properties, such as HOMO and LUMO energies, were calculated by Time-Dependent DFT (TD-DFT) approach. To estimate chemical reactivity of the molecule, the molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) surface map is calculated for the optimized geometry of the molecule.