Zugl.: Regensburg, Univ., Diss., 2008

Universiẗat, Diss., 1999--Osnabrück.

Techn. Universiẗat, Diss., 2004--Berlin.

Techn. University, Diss., 2004--Berlin.

Quantum chemical calculations of circular dichroism (CD) spectra in combination with experimental CD studies are one of the most efficient analytical tools for the elucidation of the three-dimensional structure of a chiral molecule. In the present work 18 chiral compounds of most different molecular structures and origins were investigated using various theoretical methods (the semiempirical CIS methods, the time-dependent DFT and DFT/MRCI approaches). The advantages and limitations of the applied methods were discussed in the context of the studied compounds. Furthermore, the last part of this work deals with the CD investigations of a chiral compound in the crystalline state. A well-known natural product with a specific conformation/CD spectrum behavior was used as a model compound to examine a novel solid-state CD method and to investigate the possibility of its improvement to provide a higher reliability for the assignment of the absolute configuration. / Quantenchemische Rechnungen des Circular-Dichroismus (CD) in Kombination mit experimentellen CD-Studien sind eines der besten analytischen Werkzeuge zur Aufklärung der dreidimensionalen Struktur eines chiralen Moleküls. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden 18 chirale Verbindungen mit unterschiedlichsten Strukturen und von unterschiedlichster Herkunft unter Verwendung von verschiedenen theoretischen Methoden (semiempirische CIS-Methoden, zeitabhängige DFT- und DFT/MRCI-Ansätze) untersucht. Die Vorteile und Grenzen der angewandten Methoden wurden im Rahmen der untersuchten Verbindungen diskutiert. Desweiteren befasst sich der letzte Teil der vorliegenden Arbeit mit den CD-Untersuchungen einer chiralen Verbindung im kristallinen Zustand. Ein bekannter Naturstoff mit einem spezifischen Konformation/CD-Spektrum-Verhalten wurde als Modellverbindung verwendet, um einen neuartige Festkörper-CD-Ansatz zu testen, und um die Möglichkeit seiner Verbesserung zu untersuchen, um eine höhere Zuverlässlichkeit für die Zuordnung der absoluten Konfiguration zu bieten.

Universiẗat, Diss., 2005--Düsseldorf.

Title: Magnetic circular dichroism and aromatic compounds Author: Petr Štěpánek Department/Institute: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR, v.v.i. Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Petr Bouř, DSc., Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR, v.v.i. Abstract: The thesis presents a series of studies concerning magnetic circular dichroism (MCD), a spectroscopic method, which experienced an intense theo- retical development in the recent years. New computational codes opened possi- bilities to calculate MCD spectra of larger and more varied molecules than was possible in the past. In the presented studies, we took the advantage of the new computational codes to broaden the possible span of applications of the MCD technique. As an example, we present MCD as a method useful for obtaining information about the structure of fullerenes. We also studied the influence of the molecular conformation and the explicit and implicit solvent models on the MCD spectra of aromatic amino acids using the newly implemented alterna- tive computational protocol based on sum-over-states calculations. We have also theoretically predicted spectra of the nuclear spin circular dichroism (NSCD), a potential new high-resolution spectroscopy. Keywords: magnetic circular dichroism, quantum-chemical calculations, density...

In the present work the vacuum polarization and the circular dichroism of hydrogen-like atoms are studied. We derive equations for the Fourier transforma- tion of the vacuum expectation value of the charge density. We use it to derive Uehling potential and calculate energy shifts caused by it. Then we discuss effects of vacuum polarization in higher orders of α. In second part we define circular dichroism and we express it in terms of reduced matrix elements. Then we derive the formula for parity vilating potential which is generated by weak interaction and together with other results we use it to find the expression for circular dichro- ism in terms of hydrogen radial functions. 1

Konstanz, Univ., Diss., 2004.

Darmstadt, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2005. / Dateien im PDF-Format