TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantitative valence bond computations of curve-crossing diagrams for model atom exchange reactions
AU - Maitre, P.
AU - Hiberty, P. C.
AU - Ohanessian, G.
AU - Shaik, S. S.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Curve-crossing diagrams are presented and computed for the exchange reactions X + X-X → X-X + X, X = H, Li, by use of a multistructure VB approach. The computations provide the essential diagram quantities G,f, and B. These parameters are 156.8 kcal/mol, 0.37, and 42.4 kcal/mol, respectively, for X = H, and 22.4 kcal/mol, 0.13, and 6.6 kcal/mol for X = Li. The quantitative analyses confirm the qualitative deduction that all these quantities are related to a fundamental property of X, the singlet-triplet splitting ΔEst(X-X) of the dimer. It is possible therefore to predict the height of the barrier and the mechanistic modality of the exchange reaction by reliance on ΔEst; as ΔEst decreases in a series the barrier decreases and eventually the X3 species is converted to a stable intermediate. The B quantity is the quantum mechanical resonance energy (QMRE) of the X3 species. The values of 42.4 kcal/mol for H3 and 6.6 kcal/mol for Li3 are computed as energy differences between a variational bonding scheme and the variational adiabatic and delocalized (X-X-X) state.
AB - Curve-crossing diagrams are presented and computed for the exchange reactions X + X-X → X-X + X, X = H, Li, by use of a multistructure VB approach. The computations provide the essential diagram quantities G,f, and B. These parameters are 156.8 kcal/mol, 0.37, and 42.4 kcal/mol, respectively, for X = H, and 22.4 kcal/mol, 0.13, and 6.6 kcal/mol for X = Li. The quantitative analyses confirm the qualitative deduction that all these quantities are related to a fundamental property of X, the singlet-triplet splitting ΔEst(X-X) of the dimer. It is possible therefore to predict the height of the barrier and the mechanistic modality of the exchange reaction by reliance on ΔEst; as ΔEst decreases in a series the barrier decreases and eventually the X3 species is converted to a stable intermediate. The B quantity is the quantum mechanical resonance energy (QMRE) of the X3 species. The values of 42.4 kcal/mol for H3 and 6.6 kcal/mol for Li3 are computed as energy differences between a variational bonding scheme and the variational adiabatic and delocalized (X-X-X) state.
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U2 - 10.1021/j100373a038
DO - 10.1021/j100373a038
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AN - SCOPUS:0000644136
SN - 0022-3654
VL - 94
SP - 4089
EP - 4093
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry
IS - 10
ER -