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Quantum chemical study on the population of the lowest triplet state of psoralen
Luis Serrano-andrésJuan José Serrano-pérezManuela Merchánsubject
education.field_of_studyChemistryPopulationGeneral Physics and AstronomyConical intersectionIntersystem crossingExcited stateSinglet fissionReactivity (chemistry)Singlet statePhysical and Theoretical ChemistryAtomic physicsTriplet stateeducationdescription
Abstract The efficient population of the low-lying triplet ππ * state of psoralen is studied with the quantum chemical CASPT2 method. Minima, singlet–triplet crossings, conical intersections, and reaction paths on the low-lying singlet and triplet states hypersurfaces of the system have been computed together with electronic energy gaps and spin–orbit coupling terms. A mechanism is proposed, favorable in the gas phase, for efficient deactivation of the initially populated singlet excited ππ * state, starting with an intersystem crossing with an n π * triplet state and evolving via a conical intersection toward the final lowest-lying ππ * triplet state, protagonist of the reactivity of psoralen.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-01-01 | Chemical Physics Letters |