Quantum-chemical calculations of electronic-absorption spectra of aromatic amino acids in aqueous solution

Quantum-chemical methods are used to calculate electronic-absorption spectra, dipole moments, and atomic-charge distributions of aromatic amino acids in aqueous solutions at various concentrations. The electronic-absorption spectra are analyzed and compared with the spectra that are calculated for gas phase. The bathochromic shift of the spectral position is shown for the long-wavelength absorption peak of the singlet-singlet transition for aqueous solutions of amino acids.