X-ray, NMR and DFT studies on benzo[h]thiazolo[2,3-b]quinazoline derivatives

4-Phenyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrobenzo[h]quinazoline-2(1H)-thione 3, obtained by the condensation of 2-Benzylidene-3,4-dihydronapthalen-1(2H)-one 2 with thiourea, on reaction with chloroacetic acid and 1,2-dibromoethane furnish compounds 4 and 5 and not their possible isomers 7 and 8 respectively. The regiochemistry of the cyclized products and their structure is established by elemental analysis, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR and mass spectral data. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been carried out for compounds 4, 5 and their isomers 7 and 8 with Jaguar version 6.5112 using B3LYP density functional method and 6-31G∗∗ basis set. X-ray diffraction technique indicates that compound 4 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1, with Z = 2 and cell parameters a = 6.3404 (11) Å, b = 9.997 (3) Å, c = 13.560 (2) Å, α = 107.532(19)°, β = 94.108(14)°, γ = 97.469(17)°. 1H and 13C NMR of compounds 4, 5, 7 and 8 have been calculated and correlated with experimental results. 2-Arylidene derivatives of 4 were obtained by two routes and their structure was established by spectral data. The lowest energy optimized geometry of the compound 4 in gas phase is consistent with that obtained by X-ray crystallographic studies.