Experimental and Theoretical Study Of UV-Vis Spectra of Schiff Bases
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Markovic, Zoran
Petrovic, Zorica
Simijonovic, Dusica
Petrovic, Vladimir
Djorovic, Jelena
Keywords
UV-Vis spectraTDDFT
Schiff bases
Kohn-Sham orbitals
NLMO clusters
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The UV-Vis properties of ten Schiff bases were systematically investigated. The time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) approach in combination with the B3LYP functional was used for simulation of UV-Vis spectra of examined compounds. The shapes of the Kohn-Sham molecular orbitals involved in electronic transitions were misleading. To provide better understanding of distribution of electron density natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis was used. NLMO clusters were constructed and they represent a part of a molecule characterized with eminent electron density. The TDDFT and NBO theories are complementary, and the results from these two approaches are combined to interpret the UV-Vis spectra.