Crystal structure, IR-LD spectroscopic, theoretical and vibrational analysis of valinamide ester amide of squaric acid diethyl ester

Valinamide ester amide of squaric acid has been synthesized and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Individual molecules are linked into zig-zag helix chains running parallel to [0 1 0] by N–H ⋯ O hydrogen bonds of length 2.7908(19) Å and 2.980(2) Å involving the valinamide nitrogen atoms and the amide carbonyl oxygen atom. An experimental IR spectroscopic characterization and theoretical vibrational analysis have also been performed, using the possibilities of polarized linear-dichroic IR-spectroscopy (IR-LD), based on an orientation technique of the molecules as a suspension in a nematic liquid crystal.