“…35 In order to ascertain the spectroscopic constants for rotational spectroscopy of interstellar N-containing PAHs, the use of DFT is extensive, [24][25][26][27][28] and DFT calculations are also employed substantially to compute the vibrational modes of PAH species. 33,34,[36][37][38][39][40][41] The choice of the level of theory for computing the above-mentioned constants and also for simulating the rotational spectra is based on a benchmark study of rotational spectroscopy of N-and CN-PAHs performed by Vats and Pathak. 24 This study established the accuracy of the computational method, especially for PANHs utilising three different levels of theory, B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p), B3LYP/cc-pVTZ and MP2/6-31G(d,p) on three different molecules, benzonitrile, 1-cyanonaphthalene and quinoline.…”