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The Remarkable I2O3 Molecule: A New View from Theory

Journal Article · · The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Atmospheric iodine chemistry has garnered increasing attention as a result of increased iodine emissions. A key subset of this chemistry involves iodine oxides (I2O2–5), which serve as precursors to particle formation. Among these, I2O3 is the simplest iodine oxide involved in particle formation, but it has remained undetected in the atmosphere. Previous theoretical studies have characterized this peculiar molecule, primarily using energies to refine geometries obtained at low levels of theory. Due to the reemerging interest in I2O3, this study presents geometries optimized at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pwCVTZ-PP level of theory─marking the first instance, to the best of our knowledge, where this system has been studied exclusively with CCSD(T). Harmonic vibrational frequencies were computed at the same level of theory. Final energetics were obtained using the very high level CCSDT(Q) method with basis sets up to quintuple-zeta cardinality (aug-cc-pwCV5Z-PP) and extrapolated to the CBS limit to yield CCSDT(Q)/CBS//CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pwCVTZ-PP energies. These energies include harmonic zero-point vibrational energy corrections and scalar relativistic energy corrections. Additionally, this study discovers new isomers along the I2O3 potential energy surface, a novel contribution to the field. The performance of different computational methods and DFT functionals commonly used in atmospheric chemistry is also assessed relative to high-level theoretical methods.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0018412
OSTI ID:
2583422
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 3030223
Journal Information:
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Journal Name: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A; ISSN 1089-5639; ISSN 1520-5215
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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