Structural and Electronic Characterization of m-Fluoroaniline and m-Iodoaniline: A Density Functional Theory Study

This study aimed to investigate the electronic and structural characteristics of m-fluoroaniline (MFA) and m-iodoaniline (MIA). Density functional theory (DFT) and CAM-B3LYP/LanL2DZ methods were employed to determine various properties such as the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels, chemical reactivity descriptors, nonlinear optical properties, Mulliken population analysis, molecular electrostatic potential map, thermodynamic properties, and UV-Vis spectral analysis. In addition, the research explored the vertical and adiabatic ionization energy parameters of these molecules by constructing singly charged cation radicals using the same level theory. The obtained results were compared with experimental data from the literature.