Calculations on species relevant to the photoionization of the van der Waals molecule (H2S)2
J. Chem. Phys. 84, 1653 (1986); doi:10.1063/1.450460
Issue Date: 1 February 1986
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Ab initio geometry optimizations are performed on the neutral and cation of H2S and (H2S)2. The neutral dimer is a weakly bound complex possessing only shallow minima in the potential energy surface, but the dimer cation has a deeper minimum where a proton has been transferred to give a complex of H3S+ and HS. Dimer binding energies, ionization energies, and appearance potentials are calculated. Intermonomer distances can be quite sensitive to basis set and correlation improvements on the HF/6-31G* level of theory. The potential energy surfaces, however, are flat enough so that the energetic consequences are not large. A simple procedure for estimating energy changes involving ionization is suggested; this method separates an adiabatic energy difference into a vertical ionization followed by a geometric relaxation.
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| History: | Received 30 August 1985; accepted 14 October 1985 |
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KEYWORDS and PACS
PHOTOIONIZATION,
HYDROGEN SULFIDES,
DIMERS,
VAN DER WAALS FORCES,
CHEMICAL BONDS,
CATIONS,
MOLECULAR IONS,
BINDING ENERGY
- 33.80.Eh
Molecular spectra and interactions of molecules with photons Photon interactions with molecules Autoionization, photoionization, and photodetachment - 35.20.Gs
Experimentally derived information on atoms and molecules; instrumentation and techniques Molecules Bond strengths, dissociation energies, hydrogen bonding, etc. - YEAR: 1986
PUBLICATION DATA
0021-9606 (print)
1089-7690 (online)
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