Investigating the new schiff base (e)-2-(((2-bromo-3-methylphenyl)imino)methyl)-4-methoxyphenol using synthesis, XRD, DFT, FTIR spectroscopy, Hirshfeld, NBO, frontier molecular orbitals, MEP and electrophilicity-based charge transfer analysis

Summary: In this research, the title compound was synthesized and characterized using spectroscopic analyses like FTIR and XRD. The compound's structure was optimized using Density Functional Theory (DFT) at B3LYP method with 6-311++G(d,p) basis set. The experimental parameters obtained by XRD were found to agree well with the theoretically calculated parameters. The title compound was studied using several methods, including FMOs, MEP, Hirshfeld surface analysis, 2D fingerprint plots, net charges, Electrophilicity-based Charge Transfer (ECT), Natural Bond Orbital analysis and global chemical reactivity descriptors. (author)