In the present study, the geometry of D-Luciferin was fully optimized by the density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-311++G** and B3PW91/6-311++G** level, and the Cartesian coordinate force constant was calculated at the same level. The scaled quantum mechanism force field (SQM) method was performed to analyze the vibration spectrum. The local internal symmetry coordinates were defined using the method given by Pulay. The theoretical force field matrix, which was obtained through molecular vibration calculation programs, was transformed from Cartesian coordinates into the local internal coordinates. A normal coordinate analysis was carried out using GF matrix method developed by Wilson to give the scaled vibration frequencies and the potential energy distributions (PEDs). In order to make the vibration frequencies in good agreement with the experimental values, we empirically scale the theoretical force fields. According to PEDs, all vibration modes were assigned reliably to certain vibration frequencies. The calculated results show that the D-Luciferin molecule belongs to the point group C1 and involves 66 free degrees of vibration. All vibration modes are infrared and Raman activity. In the Infrared spectrum, the vibration frequency of the strongest absorption peak is 1,780 cm(-1), and the absorption intensity is 507 KM · mol(-1), which is mainly contributed by the stretching vibration mode of the C21==O22, double bond with the PEDs of 93%. In the Raman spectrum, the vibration frequency in the range of 1,200-1.700 cm(-1) presented strong Raman activity, the frequency of the strongest absorption peak is 1,573 cm(-1), and the absorpiton intensity is 297 KM · mol, which is mainly contributed by the stretching vibration made of the C21==N22 double bond in the five-membered ring. The results are helpful to further studying the structure and the luminescence activity of Luciferin derivatives in experiment and theory.

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