CASPT2 Study on the Low-Lying Electronic States of $m$-$C_6H_4F^+_2$ Ion

CASPT2 Study on the Low-Lying Electronic States of $m$-$C_6H_4F^+_2$  Ion

Year:    2014

Author:    Shu-Yuan Yu, Cheng-Gen Zhang

Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Vol. 5 (2014), Iss. 2 : pp. 171–177

Abstract

Electronic states of the $m$-$C_6H_4F^+_2$ ion were studied by using the CASPT2 and CASSCF methods in conjunction with a contracted atomic natural orbital (ANOL) basis set. For the five lowest-lying states, geometries and adiabatic excitation energies $(T_0)$ were calculated at the CASPT2 level. The CASPT2 $T_0$ values and CASPT2 $T'_v$ values are in reasonable agreement with the available experimental data. The assignments of the $B,$ $C,$ and $D$ states of the $m$-$C_6H_4F^+_2$ ion were difficult since the three states are closely lying. Based on the CASPT2 $T_0$ calculations, the $X,$ $A,$ $B,$ $C,$ and $D$ states of the $m$-$C_6H_4F^+_2$ ion were assigned to $1^2A_2,$ $1^2B_1,$ $2^2B_1,$ $1^2A_1,$ and $1^2B_2,$ respectively, which supports the suggested assignment of the lowest excited state to $^2B_1$ by Tsuchiya et al. based on their experiments.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/jams.090213.112213a

Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Vol. 5 (2014), Iss. 2 : pp. 171–177

Published online:    2014-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    7

Keywords:    CASPT2 electronic states excitation energies geometries.

Author Details

Shu-Yuan Yu

Cheng-Gen Zhang