Table 2 The electronic transition of the first excited state occurs when caffeine and nicotine are assigned to different phases.

From: Quantum physical analysis of caffeine and nicotine in CCL4 and DMSO solvent using density functional theory

Different phases

States

S0→S1

Assignment

Coefficient

Energy (eV)

Wavelength (nm)

Oscillator strength

Calculated value (nm)

Caffeine in CCL4

51 → 52

HOMO → LUMO

0.69316 (80.17%)

4.5518

272.39

0.2100

271.62

Caffeine in DMSO

51 → 52

HOMO → LUMO

0.69246 (95.90%)

4.5768

270.90

0.2121

271.62

Nicotine in CCL4

42 → 45

HOMO-2 → LUMO

− 0.12613 (3.18%)

4.3651

284.04

0.0040

258.99

44 → 45

HOMO → LUMO

0.69451 (96.46%)

Nicotine in DMSO

44 → 45

HOMO → LUMO

0.70090 (98.25%)

4.2947

288.69

0.0037

250.99