Research Article

Detailed Molecular Dynamics of the Photochromic Reaction of Spiropyran: A Semiclassical Dynamics Study

Table 2

Key geometry parameters for the dynamic simulation of internal conversion process of cis-SP (time in fs, bond distance in angstroms, and dihedral angles in deg).

TimeC1–OC1–NC1–C2C1–C3

01.385 1.456 1.605 1.530 −101.7−2.8−8.9−185.8−179.7
861.441 1.458 1.570 1.524 −99.8−3.7−9.1−188.9−183.0
2541.342 1.432 1.741 1.498 −101.3−5.0−5.6−186.8−235.4
4021.466 1.513 1.538 1.486 −98.10.6−12.5−179.3−245.7
16581.411 1.455 1.664 1.539 −169.118.44.1−156.8−158.7
150001.326 1.475 1.676 1.523 −164.125.7−10.0−134.1−199.7