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Menéndez M, Garcia E, Lara M, Jambrina PG, Aoiz FJ. Li + HF and Li + HCl Reactions Revisited I: QCT Calculations and Simulation of Experimental Results. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:6924-6944. [PMID: 37579497 PMCID: PMC10461305 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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The Li + HF and Li + HCl reactions share some common features. They have the same kinematics, relatively small barrier heights, bent transition states, and are both exothermic when the zero point energy is considered. Nevertheless, the pioneering crossed beam experiments by Lee and co-workers in the 80s (Becker et al., J. Chem. Phys. 1980, 73, 2833) revealed that the dynamics of the two reactions differ significantly, especially at low collision energies. In this work, we present theoretical simulations of their results in the laboratory frame (LAB), based on quasiclassical trajectories and obtained using accurate potential energy surfaces. The calculated LAB angular distributions and time-of-flight spectra agree well with the raw experimental data, although our simulations do not reproduce the experimentally derived center-of-mass (CM) differential cross section and velocity distributions. The latter were derived by forward convolution fitting under the questionable assumption that the CM recoil velocity and scattering angle distribution were uncoupled, while our results show that the coupling between them is relevant. Some important insights into the reaction mechanism discussed in the article by Becker et al. had not been contrasted with those that can be extracted from the theoretical results. Among them, the correlation between the angular momenta involved in the reactions has also been examined. Given the kinematics of both systems, the reagent orbital angular momentum, l , is almost completely transformed into the rotation of the product diatom, j'. However, contrary to the coplanar mechanism proposed in the original paper, we find that the initial and final relative orbital angular momenta are not necessarily parallel. Both reactions are found to be essentially direct, although about 15% of the LiFH complexes live longer than 200 fs.
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- Marta Menéndez
- Departamento
de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Universidad
del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28039 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Yan W, Tan RS, Lin SY. Quantum Dynamics Calculations of Na (3 2S, 3 2P) + HF → NaF + H Reactions. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:2601-2609. [PMID: 30860845 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b00508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The dynamics of the reactive scatterings of the ground (Na(3S)) and first excited (Na(3P)) state sodium atoms from hydrogen fluoride (HF) molecules is investigated by performing comprehensive Coriolis-coupled quantum wave packet calculations on the recent ab initio potential energy surface (PES). In the Na(3S) + HF reaction, the nonadiabatic effect is found to be negligibly small, and the reactivity is significantly promoted by the initial vibrational excitations being in line with the available experimental result. Excellent quantitative agreement between theory and experiment is also achieved for the initial state specified integral cross sections and rate constants for v ≥ 3 vibrational states. However, the calculated rate constant for v = 2 significantly underestimates the experimental result. The possible cause for the disagreement is discussed in detail. For the Na(3P) + HF scattering, which can lead to the formation of either the ground state NaF + H product or Na(3S) + HF reactant via the harpooning process, the calculated result for the integral cross section shows excellent agreement with the available experimental result indicating the reasonable accuracy of the interstate coupling term of the employed PES.
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- Wei Yan
- School of Physics , Shandong University , Jinan 250100 , China
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- School of Physics , Shandong University , Jinan 250100 , China.,School of Science , Shandong Jianzhu University , Jinan 250101 , China
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- School of Physics , Shandong University , Jinan 250100 , China
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Xie C, Liu X, Guo H. State-to-state quantum dynamics of the H + LiF → Li + HF reaction on an accurate ab initio potential energy surface. Chem Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Liu X, Xie C, Guo H. A new potential energy surface and state-to-state quantum dynamics of the Li + HF → H + LiF reaction. Chem Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Jambrina PG, Menéndez M, Aoiz FJ. The dynamics of the Hg + Br 2 reaction: elucidation of the reaction mechanism for the Br exchange reaction. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:16433-16445. [PMID: 28608897 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01871a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In spite of its importance in the Hg atmospheric chemistry, the dynamics of the Hg + Br2 → HgBr + Br reaction is poorly understood. In this article, we have carried out a comprehensive study of the reaction mechanism of this reaction by means of quasiclassical trajectories (QCTs) on an existing ab initio potential energy surface (PES). The reaction has a non trivial dynamics, as a consequence of its large endothermicity, the presence of a deep potential well, and the competition between the Br exchange and the collision induced dissociation processes. Our calculations demonstrate that insertion is only relevant at energies just above the reaction threshold and that, at energies above 2.3 eV, HgBr formation typically takes place via a sort of frustrated dissociation. In order to compare directly with the results obtained in extensive cross molecular beam experiments for the homologous reaction with I2, angular distributions in the laboratory frame for Hg + Br2 have been simulated under similar experimental conditions. The lack of agreement at the highest energies considered suggests that either the two reactions have substantially different mechanisms or that calculations on a single PES cannot account for the dynamics at those energies.
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- P G Jambrina
- Departamento de Química Física I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Tan RS, Zhai HC, Yan W, Gao F, Lin SY. A new ab initio potential energy surface of LiClH (1A') system and quantum dynamics calculation for Li + HCl (v = 0, j = 0-2) → LiCl + H reaction. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:164305. [PMID: 28456188 DOI: 10.1063/1.4982066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A new ab initio potential energy surface (PES) for the ground state of Li + HCl reactive system has been constructed by three-dimensional cubic spline interpolation of 36 654 ab initio points computed at the MRCI+Q/aug-cc-pV5Z level of theory. The title reaction is found to be exothermic by 5.63 kcal/mol (9 kcal/mol with zero point energy corrections), which is very close to the experimental data. The barrier height, which is 2.99 kcal/mol (0.93 kcal/mol for the vibrationally adiabatic barrier height), and the depth of van der Waals minimum located near the entrance channel are also in excellent agreement with the experimental findings. This study also identified two more van der Waals minima. The integral cross sections, rate constants, and their dependence on initial rotational states are calculated using an exact quantum wave packet method on the new PES. They are also in excellent agreement with the experimental measurements.
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- Rui Shan Tan
- School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Li WT, Chen MD, Sun ZG. Quantum Dynamics of Li+HF/DF Reaction Investigated by a State-to-State Time-dependent Wave Packet Approach. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2015. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/28/cjcp1507151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Menéndez M, Castillo JF, Martínez-Haya B, Aoiz FJ. The Cl + O3 reaction: a detailed QCT simulation of molecular beam experiments. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:25471-82. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04323a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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QCT calculations have been carried out to determine angle–velocity differential cross-sections to simulate the results of molecular beam experiments.
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- M. Menéndez
- Departamento de Qumíca Física I
- Facultad de CC. Qumícas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Qumíca Física I
- Facultad de CC. Qumícas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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- Department of Physical
- Chemical and Natural Systems
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- ES-41013 Seville
- Spain
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- Departamento de Qumíca Física I
- Facultad de CC. Qumícas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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Fan Q, Feng H, Sun W, Xie Y, Wu CH, Allen WD, Schaefer HF. The Li···HF van der Waals minimum and the barrier to the deep HF–Li potential well. Mol Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2013.859312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Krasilnikov MB, Popov RS, Roncero O, De Fazio D, Cavalli S, Aquilanti V, Vasyutinskii OS. Polarization of molecular angular momentum in the chemical reactions Li + HF and F + HD. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:244302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4809992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Fan Q, Li H, Feng H, Sun W, Lu T, Simmonett AC, Xie Y, Schaefer HF. New Potential Energy Surface Features for the Li + HF → LiF + H Reaction. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:10027-33. [DOI: 10.1021/jp400541a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Qunchao Fan
- Research Center for Advanced
Computation, School of Physics and Chemistry, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China 610039
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- Research Center for Advanced
Computation, School of Physics and Chemistry, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China 610039
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- Research Center for Advanced
Computation, School of Physics and Chemistry, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China 610039
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- Research Center for Advanced
Computation, School of Physics and Chemistry, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China 610039
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- Center for Computational Quantum
Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens,
Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum
Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens,
Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum
Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens,
Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum
Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens,
Georgia 30602, United States
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CHENG JIE, YUE XIANFANG. QUASICLASSICAL TRAJECTORY STUDY OF STEREODYNAMICS FOR THE REACTIONS Li+ HF/DF/TF. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2013. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219633613500089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Stereodynamics of the reaction Li + HF (v = 0,j = 0) → LiF + H and its isotopic variants on the ground electronic state (12A′) potential energy surface (PES) are studied by employing the quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) method. At a collision energy of 2.2 kcal/mol, product rotational angular momentum distributions, P(θr) and P(ϕr), are calculated in the center-of-mass (CM) frame. The results demonstrate that the product rotational angular momentum j′ is not only aligned along the direction perpendicular to the reagent relative velocity vector k, but also oriented along the negative y-axis. The four generalized polarization-dependent differential cross sections (PDDCSs) are also computed. The PDDCS00 distribution shows a sideways scattering for the reaction Li + HF and a strongly backward scattering for the reaction Li + DF . However, it displays both the forward and backward scatterings for the reaction Li + TF . These features demonstrate that the Li + HF and Li + DF reactions proceed predominantly through the direct reaction mechanism. However, the Li + TF reaction undergoes both the direct and indirect reaction mechanisms. The PDDCS21- distribution indicates that the product angular distributions are anisotropic.
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- JIE CHENG
- Department of Physics and Information Engineering, Jining University, Qufu 273155, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and Information Engineering, Jining University, Qufu 273155, P. R. China
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Yue XF, Wang MS. Isotope effects on product polarization and reaction mechanism in the Li+HF(v=0,j=0)→LiF+H reaction. Chem Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2012.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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García E, Aoiz FJ, Laganà A. A classical versus quantum mechanics study of the $$\hbox{OH}\,+\,\hbox{CO} \rightarrow\,\hbox{H}\,+\,\hbox{CO}_2$$ (J = 0) reaction. Theor Chem Acc 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-012-1262-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Bobbenkamp R, Loesch H, Mudrich M, Stienkemeier F. The excitation function for Li + HF → LiF + H at collision energies below 80 meV. J Chem Phys 2011; 135:204306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3664303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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González-Sánchez L, Vasyutinskii O, Zanchet A, Sanz-Sanz C, Roncero O. Quantum stereodynamics of Li + HF reactive collisions: the role of reactants polarization on the differential cross section. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:13656-69. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02452j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Liu NN, Loesch H. Kinematic Slowing and Electrostatic Guiding of KBr Molecules Formed by the Reactive Collision Process: K + HBr → KBr + H. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:3247-55. [DOI: 10.1021/jp909420n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ning-Ning Liu
- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Zanchet A, Roncero O, González-Lezana T, Rodríguez-López A, Aguado A, Sanz-Sanz C, Gómez-Carrasco S. Differential Cross Sections and Product Rotational Polarization in A + BC Reactions Using Wave Packet Methods: H+ + D2 and Li + HF Examples. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:14488-501. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9038946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A. Zanchet
- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain, Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia, Av. de Vigo s/n (Campus Sur), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias C-XIV, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom, and Theoretical Chemistry Department, Institute of Physical
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain, Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia, Av. de Vigo s/n (Campus Sur), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias C-XIV, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom, and Theoretical Chemistry Department, Institute of Physical
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain, Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia, Av. de Vigo s/n (Campus Sur), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias C-XIV, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom, and Theoretical Chemistry Department, Institute of Physical
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain, Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia, Av. de Vigo s/n (Campus Sur), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias C-XIV, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom, and Theoretical Chemistry Department, Institute of Physical
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain, Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia, Av. de Vigo s/n (Campus Sur), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias C-XIV, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom, and Theoretical Chemistry Department, Institute of Physical
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain, Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia, Av. de Vigo s/n (Campus Sur), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias C-XIV, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom, and Theoretical Chemistry Department, Institute of Physical
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain, Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia, Av. de Vigo s/n (Campus Sur), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias C-XIV, Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom, and Theoretical Chemistry Department, Institute of Physical
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Tscherbul TV, Krems RV. Quantum theory of chemical reactions in the presence of electromagnetic fields. J Chem Phys 2008; 129:034112. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2954021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zanchet A, Halvick P, Bussery-Honvault B, Honvault P. Differential cross sections and product energy distributions for the C(P3)+OH(XΠ2)→CO(XΣ+1)+H(S2) reaction using a quasiclassical trajectory method. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:204301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2924124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Harding CJ, Powis I. Sensitivity of photoelectron circular dichroism to structure and electron dynamics in the photoionization of carvone and related chiral monocyclic terpenone enantiomers. J Chem Phys 2006; 125:234306. [PMID: 17190557 DOI: 10.1063/1.2402175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The photoelectron circular dichroism that arises in the angular distribution of photoelectrons emitted from the carbonyl group in randomly oriented pure enantiomers of carvone, and a number of carvone derivatives, is investigated by continuum multiple scattering calculations. Core ionization of carbonyl C 1s orbitals is examined for six different isopropenyl tail conformations of carvone. These show clear differences of behavior both between axial and equatorial conformations, and between the three rotational conformers of each. The pronounced dependence of the dichroism on orientation of a tail grouping, itself remote from the localized initial C 1s site, indicates the presence of long range final state photoelectron scattering effects. Analogous data for the outermost valence orbital, partially localized on the carbonyl group, are also presented. The apparently enhanced sensitivity of the dichroism exhibited in this work is discussed in terms of the particular dependence on photoelectron interference effects that is probed by the dichroism measurement and is contrasted with the usual beta parameter and cross section determinations.
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- Chris J Harding
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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This paper is an overview of the theory of reactive scattering, with emphasis on fully quantum mechanical theories that have been developed to describe simple chemical reactions, especially atom-diatom reactions. We also describe related quasiclassical trajectory applications, and in all of this review the emphasis is on methods and applications concerned with state-resolved reaction dynamics. The review first provides an overview of the development of the theory, including a discussion of computational methods based on coupled channel calculations, variational methods, and wave packet methods. Choices of coordinates, including the use of hyperspherical coordinates are discussed, as are basis set and discrete variational representations. The review also summarizes a number of applications that have been performed, especially the two most comprehensively studied systems, H+H2 and F+H2, along with brief discussions of a large number of other systems, including other hydrogen atom transfer reactions, insertion reactions, electronically nonadiabatic reactions, and reactions involving four or more atoms. For each reaction we describe the method used and important new physical insight extracted from the results.
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- Wenfang Hu
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA
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