Multiconfigurational study on the synchronous mechanisms of the ClO self-reaction leading to Cl or Cl2
Multiconfigurational study on the synchronous mechanisms of the ClO self-reaction leading to Cl or Cl2
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DOI:
10.1007/s00214-012-1194-y
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发表时间:
2012-03
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1.7
通讯作者:
Qingyong Meng;Hua Dong;Ming-Bao Huang
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作者:
Qingyong Meng;Hua Dong;Ming-Bao Huang
For studying the adiabatic and nonadiabatic mechanisms of the ClO (X2Π) + ClO (X2Π) → ClOOCl → 2Cl (2Pu) + O2(X3Σg−) reaction (1) and the ClO (X2Π) + ClO (X2Π) → ClOOCl → Cl2(X1Σg+) + O2(X3Σg−) reaction (2), we calculated, by partial geometry optimizations under the C2constraint, the O–O and O–Cl dissociation potential energy curves (PECs) from the five low-lying states of ClOOCl at the CASPT2 level. The CASSCF minimum-energy crossing point (MECP) between the potential energy surfaces of the 11A ground state [correlating with the product of reaction (1)] and the 13B state [correlating with the product of reaction (2)] states was also determined. Based on the CAS calculation results (PECs, energies, and spin–orbit coupling at the MECP), we predict that reaction (1) occurs along pathway 1: ClO (X2Π) + ClO (X2Π) → ClOOCl (11A) → 2Cl (2Pu) + O2(X3Σg−) and that reaction (2) occurs along pathway 2: ClO (X2Π) + ClO (X2Π) → ClOOCl (11A) → 11A/13B MECP (142.4 cm−1) → ClOOCl (13B) → Cl2(X1Σg+) + O2(X3Σg−). The needed energies (relative to the reactant) for pathways 1 and 2 are predicted to be 5.3 and 11.1 kcal/mol, respectively, which indicates that reaction (1) is more favorable than reaction (2). The present work supports the traditional photochemical model for ozone degradation: ClOOCl (11A), formed by two ClO (X2Π), can directly produce O2plus two Cl atoms.