Electronic Absorption Spectra of Some 2-Thiouracil Derivatives

The electronic absorption spectra of 2-thiouracil and some of its derivatives were investigated using polar and nonpolar solvents. The present analysis is facilitated via computer deconvolution of the observed spectra and molecular orbital (MO) computations. Comparison between the experimentally observed and theoretically computed spectra in addition to a quantitative assignment of all transitions observed were undertaken. The computed dipole moments are used to indicate the polarity of the excited state and hence predict its solvent dependence. The spectra are, in general, very well predicted and assigned using INDO/S computational results. The spectrum of the trifluoro derivative is much more complicated and the corresponding states show much more solvent dependence than those observed for other thiouracil studied.