Table 3. Experimental and Calculated ZFS Parameters for the Free and Bound Porphyrin Oligomers with Two to Four Porphyrin Units.
Experiment |
B3LYP/EPRII |
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|D| [MHz] | |E| [MHz] | |D| [MHz] | |E| [MHz] | |
P2 | 1117 ± 9 | 284 ± 2 | 609 | 72 |
P2·T6a | 890 ± 25 | 51 ± 15 | 468 | 51 |
P3 | 1169 ± 7 | 269 ± 2 | 456 | 84 |
P3·T6 | 621 ± 6 | 102 ± 2 | 270 | 36 |
P4 | 1195 ± 8 | 273 ± 2 | 465 | 60 |
P4·T6 | 486 ± 12 | 48 ± 3 | 243 | 6 |
ZFS parameters estimated based on a simulation of the EPR spectrum as a linear combination of free (P2) and bound (P2·T6) dimer (0.85:0.15).