Hydrogen bonding, IR spectrum, and the structure of methyl-β-D-glucopyranoside

A theoretical study of the structure and vibrational spectrum of methyl-β-D-glucopyranoside is performed with allowance for the hydrogen bond effect on them. At the density functional theory level with the use of the B3LYP functional in the 6–31G(d) basis set the structural dynamic models of a free molecule of methyl-β-D-glucopyranoside and its simplest complexes with hydrogen bonding in the form of dimers with different structures are constructed. Energies are minimized; structures, electro optical parameters, force constants, and normal vibrational frequencies in the harmonic approximation and their intensities in IR spectra are calculated; the hydrogen bond energy is estimated. Based on the calculation, the conclusions are drawn about the structure of the methyl-β-D-glucopyranoside sample, the formation and interpretation of its IR spectrum, and the possibilities of the used density functional theory method.