Vibration and DFT analysis of 2-methyl-3-nitrophenyl isocyanate and 4-methyl-2-nitrophenyl isocyanate.

Vibrational spectra of 2-methyl-3-nitrophenyl isocyanate and 4-methyl-2-nitrophenyl isocyanate, in the spectral region 4000-100 cm(-1), have been measured and assigned. Conformational and harmonic frequency analyses have been performed at B3LYP/6-311G(∗) level of calculations. The two stable conformers, cis and trans, have been computed for each of the molecules.