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. 2023 May 24;8(22):19939–19949. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01906

Table 3. Transition Energies and Oscillator Strength (in Parentheses) for the First Five Excited States of 3-Hydroxychromen-4-one, 3-HC, in Gas Phase and in Ethanol Solutiona.

  ΔE (eV)
transition CAM-B3LYP/B1 CAM-B3LYP/B2 PBE0/B1 PBE0/B2 B3LYP/B1 B3LYP/B2
gas phase            
S0 → S1 4.42 (.00) 4.43 (.00) 4.11 (.10) 4.11 (.10) 3.98 (.09) 3.98 (.09)
S0 → S2 4.43 (.14) 4.44 (.13) 4.20 (.00) 4.20 (.00) 4.08 (.00) 4.08 (.00)
S0 → S3 5.03 (.02) 5.03 (.02) 4.83 (.01) 4.83 (.01) 4.69 (.01) 4.69 (.01)
S0 → S4 5.57 (.01) 5.58 (.01) 5.19 (.02) 5.20 (.02) 4.98 (.01) 4.99 (.01)
S0 → S5 5.78 (.58) 5.79 (.57) 5.34 (.32) 5.34 (.32) 5.16 (.29) 5.16 (.29)
PCM/cLR            
S0 → S1 4.41 (.18) 4.42 (.18) 4.11 (.14) 4.11 (.14) 3.98 (.13) 3.99 (.12)
S0 → S2 4.49 (.00) 4.50 (.00) 4.26 (.00) 4.26 (.00) 4.14 (.00) 4.14 (.00)
S0 → S3 4.98 (.05) 4.98 (.05) 4.80 (.05) 4.80 (.05) 4.65 (.06) 4.66 (.05)
S0 → S4 5.50 (.10) 5.51 (.10) 5.12 (.01) 5.13 (.00) 4.91 (.01) 4.92 (.01)
S0 → S5 5.82 (.69) 5.82 (.69) 5.37 (.54) 5.36 (.53) 5.18 (.48) 5.18 (.48)
PCM/cLR2            
S0 → S1 4.30 4.27 4.05 4.02 3.94 3.92
S0 → S2 4.49 4.46 4.25 4.22 4.19 4.15
S0 → S3 4.93 4.90 4.78 4.75 4.67 4.64
S0 → S4 5.40 5.36 5.10 5.07 4.94 4.91
S0 → S5 5.67 5.64 5.25 5.22 5.10 5.07
PCM/IBSF            
S0 → S1 4.40 (.14) 4.41 (.14) 4.11 (.11) 4.11 (.10) 3.98 (.10) 3.99 (.09)
S0 → S2 4.61 (.00) 4.61 (.00) 4.38 (.00) 4.37 (.00) 4.27 (.00) 4.26 (.00)
S0 → S3 4.93 (.04) 4.94 (.04) 4.77 (.03) 4.77 (.03) 4.61 (.03) 4.62 (.03)
S0 → S4 5.44 (.06) 5.45 (.06) 5.07 (.01) 5.08 (.01) 4.86 (.01) 4.88 (.01)
S0 → S5 5.87 (.59) 5.86 (.58) 5.38 (.32) 5.37 (.32) 5.20 (.29) 5.19 (.29)
a

Transition energy for the n → π* state in italics. Experimental values: 3.96 eV (weak), 5.34 eV (intense)62 in methylcyclohexane; 3.90 eV (weak), 5.34 eV (intense)62 in ethanol.