ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
For formaldehyde, the C — O stretch potential of 1(π, π*) crosses all 1A1 Rydberg potentials, such as n, 3py, n, 3dyz, etc., thereby transferring the intensity of the unassigned 1(π, π*) ← X??? system to these Rydberg states. For thioformaldehyde, the situation is similar but a shift in the potentials allows for direct observation of 1(π, π*). In its 1(π, π*) state, H2CO is planar, having a low barrier of about 0.2 eV toward the nonplanar 1(σ, π*) state. For H2CS, the planar conformation of 1(π, π*) is a saddle point, with 1(π, π*) being the global minimum on the 21A′ surface. The triplet π, π* states of H2CO and H2CS are nonplanar, having inversion barriers of 0.1 and 0.05 eV, respectively. For both H2CO and H2CS, the π, π* configuration also crosses the ground-state configuration, which explains predissociation and radiationless transitions of some Rydberg states. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
11 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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