Calculations on the unstable CO-(X-2II) anion
Calculations on the unstable CO-(X-2II) anion
It is demonstrated that CO-(X(2)Pi) lies above CO(X(1)Sigma (+)) and hence is unstable with respect to autodetachment. This is in disagreement with an oft-cited experimental result, which concluded that CO has an electron affinity of +1.4 eV, but in agreement with electron scattering results. It might be concluded that the RCCSD(T) approach with aug-cc-pVQZ and aug-cc-pV5Z basis sets gives reliable electron affinities based upon comparison with identical calculations on N-2; however, analysis of the electronic wave function indicates that this may be fortuitous. On the other hand, CASSCF + multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) calculations on CO- seem to indicate a viable way forward, and spectroscopic constants are derived.
density-functional methods, electron-affinities, negative-ions, ab-initio, states, gaussian-2, scattering, hcl, o-2
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Lee, Edmond P.F.
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Lozeille, Jérôme
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Soldan, Pavel
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Wright, Timothy G.
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23 March 2001
Lee, Edmond P.F.
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Lozeille, Jérôme
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Soldan, Pavel
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Wright, Timothy G.
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Lee, Edmond P.F., Lozeille, Jérôme, Soldan, Pavel and Wright, Timothy G.
(2001)
Calculations on the unstable CO-(X-2II) anion.
Chemical Physics Letters, 336 (5-6), .
(doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00129-4).
Abstract
It is demonstrated that CO-(X(2)Pi) lies above CO(X(1)Sigma (+)) and hence is unstable with respect to autodetachment. This is in disagreement with an oft-cited experimental result, which concluded that CO has an electron affinity of +1.4 eV, but in agreement with electron scattering results. It might be concluded that the RCCSD(T) approach with aug-cc-pVQZ and aug-cc-pV5Z basis sets gives reliable electron affinities based upon comparison with identical calculations on N-2; however, analysis of the electronic wave function indicates that this may be fortuitous. On the other hand, CASSCF + multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) calculations on CO- seem to indicate a viable way forward, and spectroscopic constants are derived.
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Published date: 23 March 2001
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density-functional methods, electron-affinities, negative-ions, ab-initio, states, gaussian-2, scattering, hcl, o-2
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Timothy G. Wright
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