Experimental and computational investigation of novel dihydrated organic single crystal of 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine and 3,5-dintrobenzoic acid: Linear and nonlinear optical response with limiting performance

Abstract

Newly synthesized dihydrated organic crystal (TAP+DNB−.2H2O) of 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine (TAP) with 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid (DNB) was grown by slow evaporation technique and this crystal belongs to monoclinic P-1 space group. Infrared spectroscopy combined with DFT calculation has been used to confirm the presence of the expected functional group of the titular crystal. Further, the UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy has been utilized to determine various optical parameters such as excitation wavelength, optical band gap, and extinction coefficient from the point of view of optical application. In addition to this, TD-DFT/B3LYP computational theory was also applied to simulate the UV–Vis absorption spectrum for supporting the experimental result. The effect of complex formation from its constituents has been explored using frontier molecular orbitals analysis. Furthermore, the mapping of the 3D Hirshfeld surface and its related fingerprint plots were used for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the intermolecular interactions which involve among different molecular moiety in the synthesized crystal. The third-order nonlinear optical response of this molecular complex (TAP+DNB−.2H2O) have been investigated in detail using the z-scan technique with CW diode laser (520 ​nm). Also, theoretical nonlinear optical parameters have been investigated by the DFT method. The thermal characteristic of the growth dihydrate crystal has been studied by thermal gravimetric-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA).