title: Excited-state properties from ground-state DFT descriptors: A QSPR approach for dyes.
abstract: This work presents a quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR)-based approach allowing an accurate prediction of the excited-state properties of organic dyes (anthraquinones and azobenzenes) from ground-state molecular descriptors, obtained within the (conceptual) density functional theory (DFT) framework. The ab initio computation of the descriptors was achieved at several levels of theory, so that the influence of the basis set size as well as of the modeling of environmental effects could be statistically quantified. It turns out that, for the entire data set, a statistically-robust four-variable multiple linear regression based on PCM-PBE0/6-31G calculations delivers a R(adj)(2) of 0.93 associated to predictive errors allowing for rapid and efficient dye design. All the selected descriptors are independent of the dye's family, an advantage over previously designed QSPR schemes. On top of that, the obtained accuracy is comparable to the one of the today's reference methods while exceeding the one of hardness-based fittings. QSPR relationships specific to both families of dyes have also been built up. This work paves the way towards reliable and computationally affordable color design for organic dyes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Electrochimie et Chimie Analytique, CNRS UMR-7575, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, 11 rue P. et M. Curie, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fayet
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacquemin
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wathelet
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Perpète
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rotureau
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adamo
mesh_terms: D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D016014:Linear Models; D008958:Models, Molecular; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; D001391:Azo Compounds; D004396:Coloring Agents; C042834:9,10-anthraquinone; C009850:azobenzene