Table 7 Energy values of HOMO and LUMO of Keto and enol forms of Curcumin in various solvents.

From: Fabrication and evaluation of polylactic acid-curcumin containing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) wound dressing using electrospinning method with experimental and computational approaches

solvent

enol

keto

EHOMO (eV)

ELUMO (eV)

EHOMO (eV)

ELUMO (eV)

Chloroform

-5.75167

-2.68304

-6.02107

-2.33855

Water

-5.79929

-2.77611

-6.08148

-2.43188

Ethanol

-5.7914

-2.76168

-6.0744

-2.41447

Acetone

-5.78923

-2.75706

-6.07195

-2.40957

Toluene

-5.71603

-2.61012

-5.96474

-2.29093

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