The singlet-triplet splitting of the low-lying electronic states of H2O2+ and a comparison with isoelectronic CH2 and CH22+

Gernot Frenking, Wolfram Koch

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Abstract

At the MP2/6-31G(d,p) level of theory using complex orbitais, the lowest-lying (bound) singlet state of H2O2+ is the linear 1Δg state 2 with an O-H bond distance of 1.199 Å. 1 is estimated to be 4̃6 kcal mol higher in energy than the lowest-lying 3Σ-g state 2 of H2O2+. 1 and 2 are compared to the lowest-lying singlet and triplet states of isoelectronic CH2 and CHe22+. Using Walsh diagrams, the trend in the singlet/triplet gap and bending angles is explained by the relative electronegativities between the central and substituent atoms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)503-508
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume138
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Aug 1987
Externally publishedYes

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