Experimental and Theoretical UV Characterizations of Acetyloacetone and its Isomers

TitleExperimental and Theoretical UV Characterizations of Acetyloacetone and its Isomers
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsPiecuch, P, Coussan, S, Ferro, Y, Trivella, A, Roubin, P, Wieczorek, R, Manca, C, Kowalski, K, Wloch, M, Kucharski, S, Musial, M
JournalThe Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Volume110
Issue11
Pagination3920-3926
Date Published2/2006
Abstract

Cryogenic matrix isolation experiments have allowed the measurement of the UV absorption spectra of the high-energy non-chelated isomers of acetylacetone, these isomers being produced by UV irradiation of the stable chelated form. Their identification has been done by coupling selective UV-induced isomerization, infrared spectroscopy, and harmonic vibrational frequency calculations using density functional theory. The relative energies of the chelated and non-chelated forms of acetylacetone in the S0 state have been obtained using density functional theory and coupled-cluster methods. For each isomer of acetylacetone, we have calculated the UV transition energies and dipole oscillator strengths using the excited-state coupled-cluster methods, including EOMCCSD (equation-of-motion coupled-cluster method with singles and doubles) and CR-EOMCCSD(T) (the completely renormalized EOMCC approach with singles, doubles, and non-iterative triples). For dipole-allowed transition energies, there is a very good agreement between experiment and theory. In particular, the CR-EOMCCSD(T) approach explains the blue shift in the electronic spectrum due to the formation of the non-chelated species after the UV irradiation of the chelated form of acetylacetone. Both experiment and CR-EOMCCSD(T) theory identify two among the seven non-chelated forms to be characterized by red-shifted UV transitions relative to the remaining five non-chelated isomers.