Structural and vibrational spectroscopic analysis of anticancer drug mitotane using DFT method; a comparative study of its parent structure

A comprehensive screening of the density functional theoretical approach to structural analysis is presented in this section. DFT calculations using B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory were found to yield results that are very comparable to experimental IR and Raman spectra. Computed geometrical parameters and harmonic vibrational wavenumbers of the fundamentals were found in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data and also its parent structure. The vibrational assignments of the normal modes were performed on the basis of the potential energy distribution (PED) calculations. It can be proven from the comparative results of mitotane and its parent structure Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD), the intramolecular nonbonding interaction between (C1-H19 center dot center dot center dot Cl18) in the ortho position which is calculated 2.583 angstrom and the position of the substitution takeover the vibrational wavenumber to redshift of 47 cm(-1). In addition, natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis has been performed for analyzing charge delocalization throughout the molecule. Stability of the molecule arising from hyperconjugative interactions leading to its bioactivity and charge delocalization has been analyzed. C-13 and H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shifts of the molecule have been calculated using the gauge independent atomic orbital (CIAO) method and compared with published results. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.