Bera PP, Sattelmeyer KW, Saunders M, Schaefer HF, Schleyer PVR. Mindless Chemistry.
J Phys Chem A 2006;
110:4287-90. [PMID:
16571029 DOI:
10.1021/jp057107z]
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Abstract
Applications of an automated stochastic search procedure for locating all possible minima with a given composition are illustrated by the pentatomic molecules BCNOS, CAlSiPS, C(4)B(-), C(4)Al(-), and CBe(4)(2-), as well as by C(6)Be, the C(6)Be(2-) dianion, and C(6)H(2). All previously identified minima were reproduced, and many new structures, often with nonintuitive geometries, were found.
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