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NIR-FT Raman and FT-IR spectra of the crystallized 2,6-bis (p-N,N-dimethyl benzylidene)cyclohexanone (C 24 H 28 N 2 O) have been recorded in the region 3200-500 and 4000-400 cm −1 , respectively. The spectral interpretation has been done following full structure optimization and vibrational wavenumber calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT) using the standard B3LYP/6-31G * basis set. The predicted vibrational spectra are in excellent agreement with the experiment, permitting an unambiguous assignment for the unusual downshifting of nC O caused by expanded conjugation effects in the dienone system. The optimized geometry clearly demonstrates the 'half-chair' conformation of the central nonheterocyclic ring. The ring C-H stretching vibrational modes involving aromatic hydrogen atoms participating in steric interaction have been observed with low intensities. There are valid structural and spectral bases for the enhancement of its bioactivity due to full charge transfer reaction by the substitution of the electron-donating 4-dimethylamino group into the aryl rings. The existence of intramolecular, C-H ... O, improper, blue-shifted hydrogen bond was investigated by means of the natural bonding orbitals (NBO) analysis. There are also slight dissimilarities in the bond lengths and endocyclic bond angles of both phenyl rings due to the effect of the heavy substitution. The characteristic ring modes have also been assigned in detail.

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Combretastatin-A2 (CA2), a potential anticancer drug in advanced preclinical development, is extracted from the medicinal plant Combretum caffrum. The NIR-FT Raman and FT-IR spectral studies of the molecule were carried out and ab initio calculations performed at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level to derive the equilibrium geometry as well as the vibrational wavenumbers and intensities of the spectral bands. The vibrational analysis showed that the molecule has a similar geometry as that of cis-stilbene, and has undergone steric repulsion resulting in twisting of the phenyl ring with respect to the ethylenic plane. Vibrational analysis was used to investigate the lowering of the stretching modes, and enhancement of infrared band intensities of the C-H stretching modes of Me2 may be attributed to the electronic effects caused by back-donation and induction from the oxygen atom. Analysis of phenyl ring modes shows that the CA2 stretching mode 8 and the aromatic C-H in-planebending mode are equally active as strong bands in both IR and Raman spectra, which can be interpreted as the evidence of intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) between the OH and OCH 3 groups via conjugated ring path and is responsible for bioactivity of the molecule.