Experimental and theoretical absorption wavelength λmax/nm, excitation energies E (eV) of compound 3 (HMBPP) using DFT/B3LYP and CAM-B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p).
States no. | Electronic transitions (molecular orbitals involved) | Energy (eV) | Calculated | Oscillatory strength (f) | Percentage contribution of probable transition | Observed λmax/nm | |||
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B3LYP | CAM/B3LYP | B3LYP | CAM/B3LYP | B3LYP | CAM/B3LYP | ||||
1 | H → L | 3.584 | 298 | 295 | 0.231 | 0.210 | 50.11 | 45.52 | 355 |
2 | H−2 → L | 4.585 | 260 | 250 | 0.151 | 0.163 | 2.71 | 3.66 | 265 |
H−1 → L | 5.548 | 48.1 | 39.75 |