High-level ab initio thermochemical data for halides of chromium, manganese, and iron.
The thermochemistry of the transition-metal fluorides and chlorides MF{sub n} and MCl{sub n} (M = Cr, Mn, Fe; n = 1, 2) has been characterized by high-level ab initio electronic structure methods. Geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies were computed at the B3LYP level of theory using triple-{zeta} basis sets including diffuse and polarization functions. Heats of formation were computed from isogyric reaction energies at the CCSD(T) level using high-quality basis sets, including corrections for core-valence correlation and scalar relativistic effects. To investigate the possible linearity of the ground states of CrCl{sub 2} and CrF{sub 2}, we performed geometry optimizations for these species at the CCSD(T) level using large basis sets. In both cases, a bent ({sup 5}B{sub 2}) minimum structure was located, but the bent structure is only slightly below the linear form, which was found to be a transition state. For all of the investigated halides, polynomial fits were carried out for the heat capacity and the standard enthalpy and entropy in the 300-3000 K temperature range.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 953339
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2004-2913J
- Journal Information:
- Proposed for publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A., Journal Name: Proposed for publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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