Thegeometricalstructuresof2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)pyridine(PP)anditsprotonationstateswereoptimizedbymeansoftheB3LYP/6-31G(d)method.Foralltheselectedsystems,theexistenceofH-bondisinfavorofthestabilityofthesystems.Onthebasisoftheoptimizedgeometricalstructures,theirelectronicspectrumpropertieswerestudiedbytime-dependentdensityfunctionaltheory(TD-DFT)methosdviaahybridfunctionofB3LYPand6-31G(d)basisset.TheTD-DFTcalculationresultpredictstheabsorptionspectrumofPPat324nm(3.82eV),whichisinverygoodagreementwiththeexperimentalvalueof322nm(3.85eV)determinedinsolventchloroform.TheabsorptionspectraofthetwoprotonationstatesbothexertaredshiftinvariouspHmedia.