This study has three parts, the first one is the synthesis of a novel Schiff bases by the condensation of guanine or 9-[{2-hydroxyethoxy}methyl]-9H-guanine with variety aldehydes to yield four different bases as follows: (E)-2-((4-nitrobenzylidene)amino)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one (S1), (E)-2-((4-methoxybenzylidene)amino)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one (S2), (E)-2-((2-hydroxybenzylidene) amino)-9-((2-hydroxy ethoxy)methyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one (S3), and (E)-2-(((9-((2-hydroxy ethoxy)methyl)-6-oxo-6,9-dihydro-1H-purin-2-yl)imino)methyl)benzoic acid (S4). Then, spectroscopic analyses such as Elemental Analysis, UV/VIS, Mass spectra, FTIR, 1H,13C-NMR were made to recognize these bases. In the second part, the ability of synthesized bases to undergo a charge transfer reaction was examined in an ethanolic solution at 28℃ with Iodine (I2) and 2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) acceptors. The nonbonding interactions were studied using Benesi–Hildebrand method to estimate the stability parameters for all formed charge transfer complexes. The results of CT-energies and Gibbs free energies (ΔG˚) confirmed the stability of these complexes, and all complexes follow the Benesi–Hildebrand equation. The results showed that the DDQ-complexes have an affinity constant ranging from (916.6–24,400) mol−1.L higher than the affinity constant of I2-complexes which ranges from (428.5–7000) mol−1.L. Moreover, the KCT of S2 > S1 and KCT of S4 > S3 were as follows [1222.2 for S1-I2, 4333.3 for S1-DDQ, 2812.5 for S2-I2, 4800 for S2-DDQ] and [3809.5 for S3-I2, 12,200 for S3-DDQ, 7000 for S4-I2, 24,400 for S4-DDQ] due to the specific properties of each compound. The direct energy gap (Egdir) of each complex was also obtained by applying Tauc's method. Iodine complexes with S1, S2, S3, S4, as well as S1-DDQ displayed energy gaps equal to (5.14, 5.11, 4.61, 4.51, and 3.90) eV, respectively, and are likely to act as insulators. In contrast, the DDQ complexes of (S2/S3/S4) bases exhibited Egdir values at (2.85–2.24) electron volts which makes them suitable for semiconductor material usage. Finally, the third part of this work included a theoretical study using DFT/B3LYP/3-21G method to illustrate and prove the experimental findings, which were consistent with the theoretical results.
