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Table 3 Calculated vertical excitation energies (in nm) of the possibletautomers (a - c), their singly protonated forms* (a+, a+O), andbound methanol molecule to the corresponding tautomers (a_MeOH,b_MeOH) obtained by the ZINDO and TD-DFT –B3LYP/6-31 G**methods

From: Tautomerism of4,4-dihydroxy-1,1-naphthaldazine studied byexperimental and theoretical methods

name

TDDFT

ZINDO

a

368.83 nm (f=1.01)

354.18 nm (f=1.21)

b

393.30 nm (f=1.15)

379.22 nm (f=1.41)

c

346.46 nm (f=0.15)

344.28 nm (f=1.49)

319.99 nm (f=0.80)

257.12 nm (f=0.60)

a +

528.25 nm (f=0.50)

454.06 nm (f=1.05)

373.62 nm (f=0.56)

a+O

575.49 nm (f=0.34)

404.56 nm (f=0.85)

349.21 nm (f=0.48)

a_MeOH

373.95 nm (f=0.98)

355.95 nm (f=1.22)

b_MeOH

397.34 nm (f=1.16)

381.71 nm (f=1.43)

  1. Oscillator strength is given in parentheses.
  2. *sites for protonation of species a+ and a+O are the N- and theO-atoms, respectively.