V. Malatesta et G. Marconi, COMPARISON OF PHOTOCHROMIC BEHAVIOR BETWEEN SPIRO-OXAZINES AND SPIROPYRANS - THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS OF GROUND AND EXCITED-STATES, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 246, 1994, pp. 235-239
MOPAC/AM1 and CNDO/S calculations have been performed on a spiro[indol
ine-naphthoxazine], a spiro[indoline-naphthopyran] and their open mero
cyanine(s) form. The energies were fully optimized and the bond orders
, charge distribution and energies of both ground and excited states e
valuated. The theroretical absorption spectra were calculated and foun
d in good agreement with the experimental ones.