Electron capture by some molecules of biological significance and the determination of absolute electron affinities

Abstract

The electron capture method was applied to protoporphyrin IX and meso- porphyrin IX dimethyl esters, metal-free phthalocyanine, chlorophyll, riboflavine, nicotinamide, tetracene, and pentacene. The energy quantities obtained correlated with calculated energies of the lowest empty molecular orbitals of these molecules.