Repositori URV

Identifier: TDX:862

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX862

Authors:
Rodríguez Balada, Elena

Abstract:
The DDCI method (Difference Dedicated Configuration Interaction) has been systematically applied to study a variety of chemical problems calculating theoretical energy differences between states. We have begun with simpler static systems to end with reactivity problems. Despite the vast application of this method, it had never been applied to the study of reactions involving excited states.Namely, in static systems we have determined the ground state multiplicity of the tetramethylenethane diradical and we have analysed the influence of the substituents on the triplet stability of the 2,6-dibromo-4-tert-buthyl-2',6'-bistrifluoromethyl-4'-isoprophyldiphenylmethylene. Concerning reactivity problems involving excited states, we have recalculated the controversial activation energy of the rate determining step of the chemiluminiscent decomposition of the 1,2-dioxetane. With this study the DDCI method has been shown to give results of the same or better quality than other multireference conventional methods (for instance CASPT2 method) with lower computational cost. Also, we have studied the deactivation reaction that takes place in nucleic acids as a result from the irradiation by UV light to the DNA. In particular, cytosine derivatives 5-methylcytosine and 5-fluorocytosine have been studied using the DDCI method among other computational strategies and the results have revealed the complexity of the mechanism.With this work it has been possible to establish the range of applicability of this method and the optimal parameters for its application in each case.