In this work, to determine natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis, solvation and
substituent effects for electron-releasing substituents (CH3, OH) and
electron-withdrawing derivatives (Cl, NO2, CF3) in para positions on the
molecular structure of the synthesized 3-phenylbenzo[d] thiazole-2(3H)-imine
derivatives 1?6 [H (1), CH3 (2), Cl (3), OH (4), CF3 (5), NO2 (6)] in the
selected solvents (acetone, toluene, and ethanol) and gas-phase employing
polarizable continuum method (PCM) model were studied at the
M06-2x/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory. The relative stability of the studied
compounds was affected by the possibility of intramolecular interactions
between substituents and the electron donor/acceptor centers of the thiazole
ring. Furthermore, atomic charges electron density, chemical thermodynamics,
energetic properties, dipole moments, and the nucleus-independent chemical
shifts (NICS) of the studied compounds and their relative stability are
considered. The dipole moment values and the HOMO-LUMO energy gap reveal the
different charge transfer possibilities within the considered molecules.
Frontier molecular orbital (FMO) analysis revealed that compound 6 has very
small HOMO-LUMO energy gaps in the considered phases, and is thus
kinetically less stable. The obtained HOMO-LUMO energy gap corresponds to
intramolecular hyperconjugative interactions ?? ?*. Finally, NBO analysis
is carried out to demonstrate the charge transfer between localized bonds
and lone pairs.