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Nonempirical calculations of the structure and stability of ALi/sub 2k/ lithium clusters of group-two elements

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Coordinat. Chem.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6367398

Nonempirical Hartree-Fock calculations of the geometric and relative energetic characteristics of linear ALi/sub 2/ molecules and square ALi/sub 4/ molecules, where A = Be, Mg, Ca, and Zn, have been performed. The results for BeLi/sup +/, BeLi/sup 2/, BeLi/sub 4/, and MgLi/sub 2/ have been refined with consideration of the electron correlation in the framework of the theory of self-consistent electron pairs (SCEP). It has been shown that the stability of ALi/sub 2k/ increases with increasing size of the cluster and that the energy of the singlet-triplet transitions does not exceed 0.5-1.5 eV in all cases. The interactions between the atoms in the clusters have a cooperative character: the overlapping Q(Li-Li) between the Li atoms is no less significant than the overlapping Q(A-Li) between the Li atoms and the central atom A.

Research Organization:
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, USSR
OSTI ID:
6367398
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Coordinat. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Coordinat. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 12:5; ISSN SJCCD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English