Effects of different GIAO and CSGT models and basis sets on 2-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives

The direct molecular structure implementations of the gage-including atomic orbital (GIAO), individual gages for atoms in molecules (IGAIM) and continuous set of gage transformations (CSGT) methods for calculating nuclear magnetic shielding tensors at both the Hartree-Fock (HF) and density functional (B3LYP) levels of theory with 6-31G(d), 6-311G(d), 6-31++G(d,p), 6-311++G(d,p), and 6-311++G(df,pd) basis sets are presented. Dependence on the H-1 and C-13 NMR chemical shifts on the choice of method and basis set have been investigated. Also, these chemical shifts of 2-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles 5a-g have been performed related to dihedral angles (C4-C3-C2-O) of two conformers. The optimized molecular geometries and H-1 and C-13 chemical shift values of 2-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles 5a-g in the ground state have been obtained. The linear correlation coefficients of C-13 NMR chemical shifts for these molecules were given. The new nuclear magnetic shielding tensors of tetramethylsilane (TMS) were calculated. The data of 2-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives display significant molecular structure and NMR analysis. Also, these provide the basis for future design of efficient materials having the 1,3,4-oxadiazole core.