| Abstract: | The π-electron structure of adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil in their ground, ionized, singlet and triplet excited states are investigated by means of the SCF ? CI and SCF open-shell methods. The calculations for singlets fit the maxima of the absorption bands well. The energy difference between the first and the second singlet states of adenine is found to be very small. The open-shell method leads to the same relative ionization potential as does the SCF (with the integrals empirically corrected). The calculated energies of the triplet states almost coincide in the SCF open-shell and the SCF ? CI approximation. The calculated transition energies to the first triplet state of the pyrimidines are higher than in the case of the purines. The value of the singlet–triplet separation energy of purines is in agreement with experimental data. |
