Ab initio calculation of the electronic absorption spectrum of liquid water

2014 ◽  
Vol 140 (16) ◽  
pp. 164511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo F. M. C. Martiniano ◽  
Nuno Galamba ◽  
Benedito J. Costa Cabral
Keyword(s):  
Absorption Spectrum ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Electronic Absorption Spectrum ◽  
Electronic Absorption ◽  
Liquid Water ◽  
Ab Initio Calculation

Infrared spectra of tautomers and rotamers of 9-methylguanine. An experimental and theoretical study

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 1705-1720 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Szczepaniak ◽  
M. Szczesniak ◽  
W. Szajda ◽  
W. B. Person ◽  
J. Leszczynski
Keyword(s):  
Absorption Spectrum ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Infrared Spectra ◽  
Electronic Absorption ◽  
Ab Initio Calculation ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Argon Matrix ◽  
Tautomeric Forms ◽  
Infrared Studies

Both amino-oxo and amino-hydroxy tautomeric forms of 9-methylguanine have been identified in approximately equal abundance in. infrared studies of these molecules isolated in the hydrophobic environment of an argon matrix at 12 K. The amino-hydroxy tautomer occurs in two different rotamers correlated with the rotation of the OH group. The ratio of concentrations of the two rotamers is sensitive to UV irradiation, and this ratio then relaxes to an equilibrium value after irradiation is stopped. This sensitivity allows us to separate the experimental spectra related to the oxo tautomer and to each of the rotamers of the hydroxy tautomer. The relative concentrations of the amino-oxo and amino-hydroxy tautomers ([a-o]/[a-h] = K(o-h) = 1.0 ± 0.3) and of the two rotamers (K(h1-h2) = 0.31 ± 0.10 in an argon matrix at 12 K and about 30 ± 15 in the vapor at 470 K) are estimated from the observed relative infrared absorbances. From these relative concentrations the differences between the free energies of the tautomers (ΔG470 (o-h) = 0 ± 0.5 kJ mol−1) and of the two rotamers (ΔG(h1-h2) = 0.12 ± 0.03 kJ mol−1 in the argon matrix at 12 K and ΔG470 between +2 and −13 kJ mol−1 in the vapor at 470 K) have been estimated. The electronic absorption spectrum of 9-methylguanine isolated in the argon matrix at 12 K and the effect of brief ultraviolet irradiation on it have also been studied. In an effort to interpret the experimental results, ab initio calculations of the infrared spectra have been made for 9-methylguanine at the 3-21G//3-21G level. Comparison with the experimental spectra is of some help with the assignment of the infrared spectra for the different tautomers. Key words: 9-methylguanine, tautomerism, infrared and ultraviolet spectra, matrix isolation, ab initio calculation.

Ortho effects on the change in electronic absorption spectrum of pyridinium salts of saturated bromohydrocarbon

2009 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 1084-1089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Ling Song ◽  
Li-Ming Gong ◽  
Shou-Ai Feng ◽  
Jiang-Hong Zhao ◽  
Jian-Feng Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Absorption Spectrum ◽  
Electronic Absorption Spectrum ◽  
Electronic Absorption ◽  
Pyridinium Salts

The electronic spectra of phenyl radicals

1965 ◽  
Vol 287 (1411) ◽  
pp. 457-470 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Absorption Spectrum ◽  
Electronic Absorption Spectrum ◽  
Electronic Absorption ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Electronic Spectra ◽  
Flash Photolysis ◽  
Visible Region ◽  
Electronic Configuration ◽  
Vibrational Structure ◽  
Fundamental Frequencies

An electronic absorption spectrum, attributed to phenyl, has been observed in the visible region with origin at 18 908 cm -1 after flash photolysis of benzene and halogenobenzenes. Similar spectra of fluoro, chloro and bromo phenyl are observed after flash photolysis of disubstituted benzenes. The vibrational structure of the phenyl spectrum has been analysed in terms of two fundamental frequencies at 571 and 896 cm -1 which correspond to the e 2 g and a 1 g frequencies of the B 2 u state of benzene. The ground state of phenyl has a π 6 n electronic configuration and the observed transition is interpreted as 2 A 1 → 2 B 1 resulting from a π → n excitation.

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