Quantum chemical insight into molecular structure, density functional theory calculations, vibrational dynamics, natural population analysis, Hirshfeld analysis, and molecular docking approach to chalcone 1-4-bromophenyl-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

The structure of the novel chalcone 1-4-bromophenyl-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one has been characterized by Fourier transform infrared and Fourier transform Raman. Density functional theory with Becke, 3-parameter, Lee-Yang-Parr functional was used for the optimization of geometry. The comprehensive assignments of the vibrational spectra have been performed with the aid of normal coordinate analysis. Stability of the molecule and intra/intermolecular charge transfer have been analyzed using natural bond orbital analysis. The existence of intermolecular C-H⋯O, blueshifted hydrogen bond was investigated by bond length variation. Hirshfeld and two-dimensional fingerprint plot analyses have been performed to study the nature of interactions present in the molecule. The docked complex gives a constancy of −8.2 kcal/mol toward the androgen receptor.