Title
Theoretical study of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of the Photosensibilizer molecules: Photofrin and foscan in gas phase
Abstract
A theoretical study on the static linear (α) and nonlinear (β and γ) optical properties in gas phase of Photofrin and Foscan molecules is reported. These compounds are known as porphyrin derivatives which act as photosensibilizers in photo dynamic therapy for cancer treatment. The geometric parameters of Photofrin and Foscan were fully optimized using ab initio and Density Functional Theory levels, at Hartree-Fock and B3LYP hybrid functional approach, respectively. The STO-3G, 3-21G* and the 3-21+G standard basis sets were employed for the calculations. The 3-21+G basis set is augmented with one s and three p diffuse functions for carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sodium atoms. The bond distances and the bond angles of the two optimized molecules obtained with different method/basis set combinations show only minor variation. The Hartree-Fock and B3LYP methods provide a suitable evaluation of the geometrical and optical properties of Photofrin and Foscan molecules, since the calculated α$_{ave}$, β$_{v}$ and γ$_{ave}$ results are in good agreement with previous reports for similar porphyrin derivatives. The optical properties of Foscan and Photofrin molecules have the same tendencies: the α$_{ave}$ results have an almost linear relationship with the conjugated bond number, the β$_{v}$ results are mainly determined by the nature and symmetry of the susbstituent groups to the porphyrin centre and the γ$_{ave}$ results are extremely depending on the calculation strategies.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.3233/JCM-2009-0306
J. Comput. Meth. in Science and Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
g standard basis set,foscan molecule,gas phase,porphyrin centre,photofrin molecule,optical property,photosensibilizer molecule,conjugated bond number,bond distance,bond angle,basis set combination,g basis set,nonlinear optical property,theoretical study
Physical chemistry,Molecule,Computational chemistry,Molecular geometry,Atom,Chemistry,Hybrid functional,Density functional theory,Ab initio,Basis set,Porphyrin
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
9
4-6
1472-7978
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vianeis de J. Araujo100.68
Humberto J. Soscún200.68
Leonardo J. Rodríguez300.34