A Theoretical Study of the Low-Lying Excited States of trans- and cis-Urocanic Acid
| Autor: | Luis Serrano-Andrés, Christopher S. Page, Massimo Olivucci, Manuela Merchán |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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| Zdroj: | The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 103:9864-9871 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5215 1089-5639 |
| Popis: | A multiconfigurational second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) study of the lowest lying states in the gas-phase electronic spectra of trans- and cis-urocanic acid is presented. Geometries of both isomers have been optimized at the MP2/6-31G(d) and π-CASSCF/ANO-L(4s3p1d,2s) levels of theory. The geometries are found to differ considerably between the two levels. The vertical and 0−0 excitation spectra were calculated for each isomer. Both singlet and triplet states are described for each, including the lowest lying ππ* excitations and the nOπ* excitations. Remarkably, in the trans spectrum, it is found that the nOπ* state has a higher vertical excitation energy than the lowest ππ* (5.12 vs 4.93 eV), but a lower band origin (4.10 vs 4.66 eV). Thus, the ππ* and nOπ* surfaces cross at a coordinate between that of the ground-state structure and the equilibrium excited state structure. The trans vertical spectrum consists of three intense (ππ*) electronic transitions at 4.93, 5.40, and 6.00 eV, whereas the c... |
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