A strategy of integrating ultraviolet absorption and crosslinking in a single molecule: DFT calculation and experimental.

Creation of advanced ultraviolet light absorbers having crosslinking ability has been persistent objective for anti-ultraviolent aging polymers. We present here the integration of 2, 4-dihydroxybenzophenone (UV-0) and N-methylol acrylamide (NMA) for novel ultraviolet absorber namely (3,5-dimethacrylamide-2,4-dihydroxyphenyl) (phenyl)methanone (UV-CA), which is subsequently utilized as a crosslinking agent after suffering Friedel–Crafts reaction. The preliminary results demonstrate that quantum chemical calculations (DFT) is a promising avenue in demonstrating the optimized geometry, charges, energy levels and UV electronic absorption bands of the UV-CA in the singlet (steady and excited states). The structure parameters and natural band orbital (NBO) calculations suggest that the intramolecular hydrogen bond (IMHB) in the UV-0 group is significantly enhanced in comparison to that between UV-0 and NMA groups. The acrylic acid polymers functionalized with UV-CA yield high crosslinking degree and robust UV absorbing performance. The impressive results demonstrate that quantum chemical calculations are promising in organic synthesis to develop advanced compounds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]