Spectroscopic analysis, DFT studies and molecular docking of 2,3‐dichloro‐benzylidine‐(2‐trifluoromethyl‐phenol)‐amine

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Abstract2,3‐dichloro‐benzylidine‐(2‐trifluoromethyl‐phenol)‐amine (2DBTP) has been synthesized and characterized by various spectroscopic techniques including FT‐IR, FT‐Raman, UV‐Vis and 1H, 13C NMR spectroscopy. The equilibrium geometry and harmonic vibrational frequencies were investigated by density functional theory (DFT) at B3LYP/6‐311++G(d,p) basis set. The vibrational wavenumber assignments were made on the basis of total energy distribution (TED) calculations using Veda 4 program. The harmonic wavenumbers calculated at DFT were in line with the experimental values. The non‐linear optical properties (NLO) were calculated. Stability of the molecule arises from hyperconjugative interactions and charge delocalization was analyzed by natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis. Molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), mulliken atomic charges were also calculated. The energy gap of the molecule was found by HOMO and LUMO calculation. TD‐DFT calculations have been carried out on the optimized geometry to further understand the electronic transitions in the UV‐Vis spectrum of the compound. In addition, the 1H and 13C NMR chemical shift values of 2DBTP in the ground state were also calculated using Gauge invariant atomic orbital (GIAO) method. The molecular docking solved the binding mode of 2XCT complex with the ligand. The investigated molecule revealed the inhibition activity of the ligand against anti‐bacterial protein topoisomerase DNA gyrase enzyme (PDB ID: 2XCT).