Unusual Inorganic Biradicals: A Theoretical Analysis

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作者
Miliordos, Evangelos [1 ]
Ruedenberg, Klaus [2 ,3 ]
Xantheas, Sotiris S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Pacific NW Natl Lab, Div Phys Sci, Richland, WA 99352 USA
[2] Iowa State Univ, Dept Chem, Ames, IA 50011 USA
[3] Iowa State Univ, Ames Lab USDOE, Ames, IA 50011 USA
关键词
biradical character; Criegee biradicals; ozone; singlet-triplet splitting; unpaired electrons; POTENTIAL-ENERGY SURFACES; CONFIGURATION-INTERACTION; EXCITED-STATES; BASIS-SETS; TRIMETHYLENEMETHANE; OZONE; ORBITALS; O-3;
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10.1002/anie.201300654
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
The biradical character β (1 for an ideal biradical) is determined from multi-reference configuration interaction (MRCI) wavefunctions. Triatomics in the series FX2+ (X=O, S, Se, Te, Po) exhibit unusually high biradical characters for X=Te, Po (0.76<β<0.92), the largest among the homologous 18 valence electron molecules CX22-, NX2-, X3, and OX2. On the same scale, the biradical character of O3 is just 0.19, whereas that of C(CH2)3 is 0.97. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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