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Tran VT, Tran QT, Hendrickx MFA. Ground and Low-Lying Excited States of NbC 3-/0 Clusters: Assignment of the Anion Photoelectron Spectra from Multiconfigurational Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:8265-8273. [PMID: 31487983 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b07583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The BP86 DFT, CCSD(T), and CASPT2 methods were employed to study the low-lying states of NbC3-/0 clusters. The anionic and neutral ground states were determined to be the 1A1 and 12A1 of the cyclic-NbC3-/0 isomers. All bands in the photoelectron spectra of the NbC3- cluster were interpreted based on electron detachment processes from the 1A1 of the cyclic-NbC3- isomer. The X, A, B, and C bands in the spectra are, respectively, ascribed to the transitions from 1A1 to the 12A1, 2B1, 22A1, and 2B2 states. The wave function of the initial 1A1 anionic state exhibits a pronounced multireference character that plays to some extent a role in the 1A1 → 12A1 and the 1A1 → 22A1 ionizations. Only the 1A1 → 2B2 transition appears as a clear one-electron detachment process. The Franck-Condon factor simulations for the 1A1 → 12A1 and 1A1 → 2B1 transitions are consistent with the observed vibrational progressions of the X and A bands in the spectra.
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Affiliation(s)
- Van Tan Tran
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Division , Dong Thap University , 783-Pham Huu Lau , Cao Lanh City , Dong Thap Vietnam
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- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Division , Dong Thap University , 783-Pham Huu Lau , Cao Lanh City , Dong Thap Vietnam
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- Quantum Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Division, Chemistry Department , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200F , B-3001 Heverlee-Leuven , Belgium
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Tran VT, Nguyen MT, Tran QT. Computational Investigation of the Geometrical and Electronic Structures of VGe n-/0 (n = 1-4) Clusters by Density Functional Theory and Multiconfigurational CASSCF/CASPT2 Method. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:7787-7796. [PMID: 28930457 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b08351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Density functional theory and the multiconfigurational CASSCF/CASPT2 method have been employed to study the low-lying states of VGen-/0 (n = 1-4) clusters. For VGe-/0 and VGe2-/0 clusters, the relative energies and geometrical structures of the low-lying states are reported at the CASSCF/CASPT2 level. For the VGe3-/0 and VGe4-/0 clusters, the computational results show that due to the large contribution of the Hartree-Fock exact exchange, the hybrid B3LYP, B3PW91, and PBE0 functionals overestimate the energies of the high-spin states as compared to the pure GGA BP86 and PBE functionals and the CASPT2 method. On the basis of the pure GGA BP86 and PBE functionals and the CASSCF/CASPT2 results, the ground states of anionic and neutral clusters are defined, the relative energies of the excited states are computed, and the electron detachment energies of the anionic clusters are evaluated. The computational results are employed to give new assignments for all features in the photoelectron spectra of VGe3- and VGe4- clusters.
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Affiliation(s)
- Van Tan Tran
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University , Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap 870200, Vietnam
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- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University , Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap 870200, Vietnam.,Department of Chemistry, University of Science, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City , Ho Chi Minh City 748000, Vietnam
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- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University , Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap 870200, Vietnam
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A CASSCF/CASPT2 investigation on electron detachments from ScSi
n
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(n = 4–6) clusters. J Mol Model 2017; 23:282. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-017-3461-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Huang W, Jiang N, Schwarz WHE, Yang P, Li J. Diversity of Chemical Bonding and Oxidation States in MS 4 Molecules of Group 8 Elements. Chemistry 2017; 23:10580-10589. [PMID: 28516506 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The geometric and electronic ground-state structures of 30 isomers of six MS4 molecules (M=Group 8 metals Fe, Ru, Os, Hs, Sm, and Pu) have been studied by using quantum-chemical density functional theory and correlated wavefunction approaches. The MS4 species were compared to analogous MO4 species recently investigated (W. Huang, W.-H. Xu, W. H. E. Schwarz, J. Li, Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 4616). A metal oxidation state (MOS) with a high value of eight appeared in the low-spin singlet Td geometric species (Os,Hs)S4 and (Ru,Os,Hs)O4 , whereas a low MOS of two appeared in the high-spin septet D2d species Fe(S2 )2 and (slightly excited) metastable Fe(O2 )2 . The ground states of all other molecules had intermediate MOS values, with S2- , S22- , S21- (and O2- , O1- , O22- , O21- ) ligands bonded by ionic, covalent, and correlative contributions. The known tendencies toward lower MOS on going from oxides to sulfides, from Hs to Os to Ru, and from Pu to Sm, and the specific behavior of Fe, were found to arise from the different atomic orbital energies and radii of the (n-1)p core and (n-1)d and (n-2)f valence shells of the metal atoms in row n of the periodic table. The comparative results of the electronic and geometric structures of the MO4 and MS4 species provides insight into the periodicity of oxidation states and bonding.
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- Wei Huang
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Siegen, Siegen, 57068, Germany
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA.,Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, 953002, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.,Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, 953002, USA
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Pham LN, Nguyen MT. Electronic Structure of Neutral and Anionic Scandium Disilicon ScSi2–/0 Clusters and the Related Anion Photoelectron Spectrum. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:9401-9410. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b09067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Le Nhan Pham
- Department
of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001Leuven, Belgium
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- Computational
Chemistry Research Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Faculty
of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Department
of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001Leuven, Belgium
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Pham LN, Hendrickx MFA. Contributions of Nearly-Degenerate States to the Photoelectron Spectra of the Vanadium Dicarbide Anion. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:9465-9475. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b09498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Le Nhan Pham
- Afdeling
Kwantumchemie en Fysicochemie, Departement Chemie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Heverlee-Leuven, Belgium
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Dalat, 01 Phu Dong Thien Vuong, Ward 8, 670000 Dalat City, Lam Dong, Vietnam
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- Afdeling
Kwantumchemie en Fysicochemie, Departement Chemie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Heverlee-Leuven, Belgium
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dePolo GE, Kaliakin DS, Varganov SA. Spin-Forbidden Transitions between Electronic States in the Active Site of Rubredoxin. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:8691-8698. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b07717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Gwen E. dePolo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North
Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North
Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North
Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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Tran VT, Tran QT. Quantum Chemical Study of the Low-Lying Electronic States of VSi3–/0 Clusters and Interpretation of the Anion Photoelectron Spectrum. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:5950-7. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b05653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Van Tan Tran
- Theoretical and
Physical
Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University, 783-Pham Huu Lau, Ward 6, Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap, Vietnam
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- Theoretical and
Physical
Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University, 783-Pham Huu Lau, Ward 6, Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap, Vietnam
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Tran QT, Tran VT. Quantum chemical study of the geometrical and electronic structures of ScSi3−/0 clusters and assignment of the anion photoelectron spectra. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:214305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4953082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Quoc Tri Tran
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University, 783-Pham Huu Lau, Cao Lanh City, Ward 6, Dong Thap, VietNam
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- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University, 783-Pham Huu Lau, Cao Lanh City, Ward 6, Dong Thap, VietNam
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Tran VT, Tran QT. Geometrical and Electronic Structures of MnS3–/0 Clusters from Computational Chemistry and Photoelectron Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:3670-6. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b02631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Van Tan Tran
- Theoretical
and Physical Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University, 783-Pham
Huu Lau, Ward 6, Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap Vietnam
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- Theoretical
and Physical Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University, 783-Pham
Huu Lau, Ward 6, Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap Vietnam
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Tran VT, Tran QT, Hendrickx MFA. Geometric and Electronic Structures for MnS2–/0 Clusters by Interpreting the Anion Photoelectron Spectrum with Quantum Chemical Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:5626-33. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b02896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Van Tan Tran
- Theoretical
and Physical Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University, 783-Pham
Huu Lau, Cao Lanh City, Dong
Thap Vietnam
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- Theoretical
and Physical Chemistry Division, Dong Thap University, 783-Pham
Huu Lau, Cao Lanh City, Dong
Thap Vietnam
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- Afdeling
Kwantumchemie en Fysicochemie, Departement Chemie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Heverlee-Leuven, Belgium
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Tran VT, Tran QT, Hendrickx MF. On the multi-reference character of the low-lying states of the MnS−/0 clusters by the NEVPT2 assignment of the anion photoelectron spectrum. Chem Phys Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2015.03.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Molecular and electronic structures of the NbC2−/0 clusters through the assignment of the anion photoelectron spectra by quantum chemical calculations. Chem Phys Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2014.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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