CH-X (X = N, O, or Cl) hydrogen bonds formed intramolecularly in 2-methyl-4-(2-chloro-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl)thiazole (
Ia), 2-amino-4-(2-chloro-4,5-dimethoxy phenyl)thiazole (
Ib),2-amino-4-(2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)thiazole (
Ic), and 2-methyl-4-(2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)thiazole(
Id) were studied by means of all-electron calculations performed with the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) method. Computed ground states, in the gas phase, show the presence of a single H-bond,CH-Cl, in each
Ia and
Ib moiety, and two H-bonds, CH-N and CH-O, for each
Ic and
Idmolecule. H-Cl, H-N, and H-O distances are shorter than the sum of the X and H van derWaals radii. H-bond energies of
2.0 kcal/mol were estimated for
Ia and
Ib and
4.0 kcal/molfor
Ic and
Id. These results agree with those of the theory of atoms in molecules, since bondcritical points were found for these H-X bonds. Finally, the chemical shifts in the
1H NMR werecalculated by the GIAO method; in
Ia and
Ib they are merely due to the different topologicalpositions of the H atoms. But in
Ic and
Id the shifts of H-N and H-O have signatures of H-bondformations.