Chemical Physics ( IF 2.3 ) Pub Date : 2018-09-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.09.021 Qingyong Meng
To study the O- and Cl-loss dissociations of the ClOO radical, we calculate, under or symmetry, the O- and Cl-loss dissociation potential energy curves (PECs) from ten lower-lying states of ClOO at the multiconfigurational second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) level. To further consider the nonadiabatic process, minimum-energy crossing point (MECP) between potential energy surfaces is optimized at the complete active space self-consistent-field (CASSCF) level. Since the spin-orbital coupling at located MECP is calculated being zero, the nonadiabatic process in ClOO dissociations involved in this MECP are forbidden. Based on these results, we predict the O- and Cl-loss dissociation mechanisms of ClOO are direct since the excited states are unbounded. Moreover, we propose a new isomerization mechanism between OClO and ClOO, that is, OClO () OClO () ClOO () ClOO (), in which less nonadiabatic processes are involved.
中文翻译:
ClOO的O-和Cl-损失离解的计算研究
为了研究ClOO自由基的O和Cl损失解离,我们计算出 或者 对称性,在多构型二阶摄动理论(CASPT2)水平上,ClOO的十个较低态的O和Cl损失解离势能曲线(PEC)。为了进一步考虑非绝热过程,在完整的活动空间自洽场(CASSCF)级别上优化了势能面之间的最小能量交叉点(MECP)。由于自旋轨道耦合位于MECP被计算为零,该MECP中涉及的C10解离中的非绝热过程被禁止。基于这些结果,我们预测ClOO的O-和Cl-损失解离机理是直接的,因为激发态是无界的。此外,我们提出了OClO和ClOO之间的一种新的异构化机制,即OClO() OClO() 克劳() 克劳(),其中涉及的非绝热过程较少。