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The resonance and pre‐resonance Raman scattering in the low energy 1 1 B 2u and 1 1 B 3u states of 1,4,5,8‐naphthalenetetracarboxy dianhydride in terms of DFT methods. The aggregation of NTCDA molecules in the ethanol and methanol solutions
Author(s) -
Makowski M.,
Zazakowny P.,
Pawlikowski M. T.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.4365
Subject(s) - resonance (particle physics) , chemistry , raman spectroscopy , acetonitrile , raman scattering , absorption spectroscopy , chloroform , absorption (acoustics) , spectral line , dimer , molecule , analytical chemistry (journal) , methanol , density functional theory , atomic physics , computational chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , optics , astronomy
The absorption, pre‐resonance, and resonance Raman spectra of 1,4,5,8‐naphthalenetetracarboxy dianhydride (NTCDA) molecule are examined in terms of time‐dependent density functional theory at TD‐B3LYP/aug‐cc‐pVDZ and TD‐SVWN/aug‐cc‐pVDZ levels. The Franck–Condon analysis performed for two 1 1 A g → 1 1 B 2u and 1 1 A g → 1 1 B 3u overlapping transitions leads to an excellent agreement between the theoretical predictions and experimental data providing that the calculated absorption is confronted with that measured in chloroform or acetonitrile but not in the ethanol (methanol) solution. We argue that absorption spectra measured in ethanol solution already known in literature do not characterize NTCDA molecule. On the basis of the absorption and resonance scattering spectra, we may deliberate that the dimerization of NTCDA is responsible for utterly different absorption observed in ethanol (methanol) comparing with less active solvents (chloroform and acetonitrile). That conclusion is supported by the dimer vibronic theory and by the TD‐B97d computations at the aug‐cc‐pVDZ basis set level. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.