TD-DFT investigation of the UV spectra of pyranone derivatives.
The UV absorption spectra of more than 80 substituted coumarins and chromones have been investigated with the PCM-TD-DFT theoretical scheme using three hybrid functionals (O3LYP, B3LYP, and PBE0) and taking into account methanol or ethanol solvation effects. For most of the studied derivatives, there are at least two allowed excited states presenting a strong oscillator strength in the UV region. The first allowed excitation is associated to a HOMO-LUMO transition whereas the second corresponds to a transition from the HOMO-1 to the LUMO. Both involve a charge transfer from the benzenic cycle to the pyranone moiety. Statistically treating the PBE0 results allows a prediction of the lambda(max) with small standard deviations: in methanol, 6 nm (0.07 eV) for the first excitation (lambda(max)(1)) and 5 nm (0.08 eV) for the second one (lambda(max)(2)), whereas in ethanol 6 nm (0.08 eV) for (lambda(max)(1)) and 6 nm (0.13 eV) for (lambda(max)(2)).
Preat
Julien
J
Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique Appliquée, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, 61 Rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium. julien.preat@fundp.ac.be
Jacquemin
Denis
D
Wathelet
Valérie
V
André
Jean-Marie
JM
Perpète
Eric A
EA