Prototype aluminum--carbon single, double, and triple bonds: Al--CH/sub 3/, Al=CH/sub 2/, and AlequivalentCH

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · J. Chem. Phys.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5051832

Fox, D J; Ray, D; Rubesin, P C; Schaefer, III, H F

Nonempirical quantum mechanical methods have been used to investigate the AlCH/sub 3/, AlCH/sub 2/, and AlCH molecules, which may be considered to represent the simplest aluminum--carbon single, double, and triple bonds. Equilibrium geometries and vibrational frequencies were determined at the self-consistent-field level of theory using a double zeta basis set: Al(11s7p/6s4p), C(9s5p/4s2p), H(4s/2s). The /sup 1/A/sub 1/ ground state of AlCH/sub 3/ has a reasonably conventional Al--C single bond of length 2.013 A, compared to 1.96 A in the known molecule Al(CH/sub 3/)/sub 3/. The CH equilibrium distance is 1.093 A and the Al--C--H angle 111.9 /sup 0/. The structures of three electronic states each of AlCH/sub 2/ and AlCH were similarly predicted. The interesting result is that the ground state of AlCH/sub 2/ does not contain an Al--C double bond, and the ground state of AlCH is not characterized by an AlequivalentC bond. The multiply bonded electronic states do exist but they lie 21 kcal (AlCH/sub 2/) and 86 kcal (AlCH) above the respective ground states. The dissociation energies of the three ground electronic states are predicted to be 68 kcal (AlCH/sub 3/), 77 kcal (AlCH/sub 2/), and 88 kcal (AlCH). Vibrational frequencies are also predicted for the three molecules, and their electronic structures are discussed with reference to Mulliken populations and dipole moments.

• Research Organization: Department of Chemistry and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
• OSTI ID: 5051832
• Journal Information: J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 73:7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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