PHOTOCHEM, sa.2, ss.376-389, 2022 (ESCI)
A new benzyloxy containing ortho hydroxyl-substituted aryl Schiff base, trans 2-((2-(benzyloxy)benzylidene) amino)phenol (abbreviated as BBAP), was synthesized and characterized by H-1-, C-13-NMR and infrared spectroscopic techniques and elemental analysis. The conformational landscape of the compound, as well as its infrared spectra in argon and N-2 cryogenic matrices (10 K) were investigated, followed by the study of the effects of in situ UV irradiation of the matrix-isolated compound. The structural information was obtained through an extensive series of quantum chemical calculations performed at the DFT(B3LYP)/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory, which enabled to identify 3 low-energy OH