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. 2015 Jun 2;137(25):8284–8293. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b04511

Table 3. Experimental and Calculated ZFS Parameters for the Free and Bound Porphyrin Oligomers with Two to Four Porphyrin Units.

  Experiment
B3LYP/EPRII
  |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
a

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).