Research Article

Detailed Photoisomerization Dynamics of a Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore Based Molecular Switch

Table 1

Optimized geometrical parameters of cis-BMH and trans-BMH, calculated with our SERID method and B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) implemented in Gaussian 03 software package. The lengths are in Å and the dihedral angles and bond angles are in degrees.

SERID B3LYP/6-311G(d,p)

cis
 C1C2C3C6 180.0 180.0
 C3C2C1C5 0.0 0.0
  C1C2H12C3 180.0 180.0
 C1C2C3 127.0 129.9
 C2C1C5 122.9 123.5
 C2C3N21 127.6 129.4
 C2–C3 1.37 1.35
 C1–C2 1.45 1.45
 C3–N21 1.42 1.40
trans
 C1C2C3C6 0.1 0.0
 C3C2C1C5 0.1 0.0
 C1C2H12C3 180.0 180.0
  C1C2C3 130.8 134.3
  C2C1C5 124.6 125.4
  C2C3N21 119.0 120.3
  C2–C3 1.37 1.36
  C1–C2 1.45 1.45
 C3–N21 1.43 1.41