Research Article

Photosynthetic Pigments with Potential for a Photosynthetic Antenna: A DFT Analysis

Table 2

Associated energies and chemical reactivity indexes (EP (electronic properties)) for the tested pigments at the gas phase (highest values are shown for local reactivity indexes).

Electronic propertyCHLBCHLALUTNEOZEABCRYVIO9NEO

- (eV)2.5042.3742.2162.2372.1702.1682.2962.306
(eV)7.2076.8806.1085.9646.0365.9946.2106.066
(eV)2.7412.5192.3472.3402.3662.3232.2992.176
(eV)4.9744.7004.2284.1524.2014.1594.2554.121
(eV)-4.974-4.700-4.228-4.152-4.201-4.159-4.255-4.121
(eV)2.2332.1811.8801.8121.8351.8351.9561.945
(eV)0.4480.4590.5320.5520.5450.5450.5110.514
(eV)5.5415.0644.7534.7574.8094.7124.6274.365
(eV)5.2734.9864.4804.3974.4504.4064.5134.375
(eV)2.1151.9381.8131.8111.8311.7961.7701.671
(eV)7.3886.9246.2936.2086.2816.2026.2836.046
0.0690.0730.0550.0540.0530.0530.0570.056
AtomC(23)C(23)C(11)C(7)C(11)C(11)C(11)C(7)
0.0590.0620.0540.0540.0500.0500.0560.055
AtomC(23)C(23)C(7)C(7)C(7)C(7)C(7)C(16)
0.0640.0670.0540.0540.0500.0500.0550.055
AtomC(23)C(23)C(7)C(7)C(7)C(7)C(11)C(7)
0.0420.0370.0080.0070.0070.0090.0060.007
AtomC(10)C(10)C(15)C(12)C(15)C(15)C(15)C(7)
-0.034-0.032-0.014-0.005-0.006-0.007-0.004-0.006
AtomC(9)C(9)C(13)C(14)C(10)C(10)C(10)C(6)
(eV)0.0310.0330.0290.0300.0290.0290.0290.029
AtomC(23)C(23)C(11)C(7)C(11)C(11)C(11)C(7)
(eV)0.0270.0280.0290.0300.0270.0270.0290.028
AtomC(23)C(23)C(7)C(7)C(7)C(7)C(7)C(16)
(eV)0.0290.0310.0290.0300.0270.0270.0280.028
AtomC(23)C(23)C(7)C(7)C(7)C(7)C(11)C(7)
(eV)0.2250.2260.3370.5190.3350.3270.3490.395
EEP (eV)2.9662.7452.6842.8592.7012.6502.6482.570
(eV)0.1950.1680.3250.4250.3320.3330.2950.324
HEP (eV)7.0126.7125.7835.5385.7055.6615.9155.742