Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics was used to calculate geometry, power and infrared spectra of crystalline imidazole. The results were compared with the results of ab initio MP2/6-311++G** static calculations previously performed for the imidazole dimer. The reconstruction of the nu(N-H) bandshape obtained by CPMD method was compared with the results of quantum mechanical model of vibrational couplings in hydrogen-bonded dimer and with the experimental data. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.