Accession Number:
ADA235885
Title:
B+(1S)+H2 Yields BH+(2Sigma) + H: A Woodward-Hoffman Forbidden Ion- Molecule Reaction
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept. Dec 1990-Mar 1991
Corporate Author:
UTAH UNIV SALT LAKE CITY DEPT OF CHEMISTRY
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Report Date:
1991-04-17
Pagination or Media Count:
18.0
Abstract:
The reaction of Boron 1S with Hydrogen on the ground potential energy surface is examined using ab initio electronic structure methods. A weakly bound T-shaped B...H2 complex of C2v symmetry is found to lie 855 cm below the B H2 reactant energy. Its H-H internuclear distance is only slightly distorted from that of of H2 the B-H distance is much longer than the covalent bond length in BH. Further along the reaction coordinate is found a narrow entrance valley characterized by strong B-to-H2 inter-reactant forces but very small distortion of the H-H bond length or the H-H vibrational frequency. As one proceeds further up this valley, a geometry is reached at which the asymmetric distortion mode of b2 symmetry develops negative curvature. Similarities and differences among reactions of the isoelectronic Beryllium, B, and Lithium- with H2 are also discussed.
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Subject Categories:
- Physical Chemistry