The low lying electronic states of O3-

Wolfram Koch, Gernot Frenking, G. Steffen, D. Reinen, M. Jansen, W. Assenmacher

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Abstract

The energies of the three lowest lying excited states of the ozonide anion (1 2B2, 12A1, 1 2A 2) at the optimized geometry of the X 2B1 ground state are theoretically predicted at the MRCI-SD level of theory using large atomic natural basis sets. The calculated vertical excitation energy Tν=2.85 eV for the 1 2A2←-X 2B1 transition, which has a large transition moment, is in good agreement with the experimental results for the isolated O 3- anion in host matrices and solution between 2.69-2.81 eV. The state symmetry forbidden transition 1 2B2←X 2B1 is calculated with Tν=2.26 eV. The excitation energy for the 1 2A1←X 2B 1 transition is theoretically predicted with Tν=2.28 eV and a very low transition moment. The theoretical results are also discussed in comparison with recently observed low lying absorption bands of O 3-.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1271-1277
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume99
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes

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