Ab initio (CASPT2) excited state calculations, including circular dichroism, of helically twisted cyanine dyes

Chirality

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 571-576

  Schreiber, Marko ^a   Vahrenhorst, Rainer ^a   Buss, Volker ^a   Fülscher, Markus P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CASSCF CASPT2; Cyanine dyes; Excited states; Rotatory strengths; Twisted chromophores

Indexed keywords

CYANINE DYE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034779315     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.1179     Document Type: Article

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