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Computational Studies of the Aromatic and Photophysical Properties of Carbaporphyrinoid

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dc.date.accessioned 2016-10-05T12:40:41Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:19:24Z
dc.date.available 2016-10-05T12:40:41Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:19:24Z
dc.date.issued 2016-10-05T12:40:41Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/5792 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/5792
dc.title Computational Studies of the Aromatic and Photophysical Properties of Carbaporphyrinoid en
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/c2dd677c-da9c-4011-94b0-27b1585ac1cb
ethesis.department Kemiska institutionen sv
ethesis.department Department of Chemistry en
ethesis.department Kemian laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Benkyi, Isaac
dct.issued 2016
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract Porphyrins and porphyrin derivatives are naturally occurring molecules, whereas carbaporphyrinoids are synthesized porphyrin derivatives. They have received much attention in recent years by the scientific community due to their diverse potential applications in technological developments such as molecular electronic devices and conversion of solar energy. However, the full utilization of this class of compounds can not be realized without an in-depth understanding of their chemical and physical properties. Two of such properties are aromaticity and optical properties. In this thesis, the aromatic properties and the light absorption spectra in the ultraviolet and visible (UV/Vis) range have been studied computationally for some recently synthesized carbaporphyrins and carbachlorins using first-principle computational approaches. In the first part of the thesis, the background of carbaporphyrinoids and some examples of naturally occurring porphyrins and porphyrin derivatives are delineated. The second and third part review theoretical and computational methods that are employed in studies of the molecular aromaticity and electronic excitation spectra of molecules. The computational studies of magnetically induced current densities and electronic excitation energies are discussed in the fourth chapter. The obtained results are also presented in chapter four and the main conclusions are summarized in the last chapter. The study shows that all the carbaporphyrinoids studied sustain a magnetically induced ring current in the porphyrin macro ring. This indicates that they are aromatic according to the ring-current criterion. However, the calculated ring-current pathways differ from those predicted from the nucleus independent chemical shift (NICS) calculations and the current pathways deduced from H NMR spectroscopy studies. The vertical excitation energies which is akin to the ultraviolet-visible spectrum obtained experimentally for some of the selected carbaporphyrinoids also showed deviations from those of the experimental values. These deviations can be ascribed to solvent effects as in the calculation of the vertical excitation energies, solvent effects were not accounted for. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
ethesis.degreeprogram Modeling Molecules and Nanosystems (MoMoNano) en
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112251339
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