Vibrational Properties Calculation of Various Modeled Bacteriochlorophyll-a Molecules

Authors

  • Dhaniram Acharya Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu
  • Hari Prasad Lamichhane Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jist.v20i2.13960

Keywords:

Bacteriochlorophyll-a, Keto vibrations, Ester vibrations, IR Spectroscopy

Abstract

Density functional theory has been used to calculate normal mode infrared stretching vibrational frequencies and intensities of neutral as well as cationic modeled bacteriochlorophyll molecules. For bacteriochlorophyll-a, the calculated IR absorption band position for neutral and cation states of Bchl-a1 and Bchl-a2 structures have well matched with the published experimental results. Bacteriochlorophyll models having 133-ester C=O and 131-keto C=O have both symmetric as well as antisymmetric vibration in neutral state. Symmetric mode of vibration has higher frequency and lower intensity whereas antisymmetric mode has slightly lower in frequency and higher in intensity. However, in cation formation, the 131-keto and 133-ester vibrations decoupled and 131-keto mode has higher frequency having intensity nearly double than that of 133-ester C=O mode. This observation of frequency upshift and IR intensity change of various carbonyl groups of Bacteriochlorophyll-a4 model molecule upon cation formation is a strong reasoning to explain the experimental difference spectra of bacteriochlorophyll-a dimer in purple bacteria reaction centre (Leonhard & Mantele, 1993, Breton et al. 1999).

Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 2015, 20(2): 94-100

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2015-11-26

How to Cite

Acharya, D., & Lamichhane, H. P. (2015). Vibrational Properties Calculation of Various Modeled Bacteriochlorophyll-a Molecules. Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 20(2), 94–100. https://doi.org/10.3126/jist.v20i2.13960

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2015)

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Research Articles

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