INVERSION PROCESSES IN PHOSPHINES AND THEIR RADICAL CATIONS : WHEN IS A PSEUDO-JAHN-TELLER EFFECT OPERATIVE?
INVERSION PROCESSES IN PHOSPHINES AND THEIR RADICAL CATIONS : WHEN IS A PSEUDO-JAHN-TELLER EFFECT OPERATIVE?
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膦及其自由基阳离子的反转过程:伪 JAHN-Teller 效应何时起作用?
DOI:
10.1021/jp981083x
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
M. Nguyen
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作者:
Steven Creve;M. Nguyen
The inversion processes in substituted phosphines (R3P) and their radical cations have been investigated in detail using high-level ab initio molecular orbital and density functional theory calculations. Particular attention has been paid to the understanding of the inversion mechanism. While in PH3 and methyl derivatives only the classical vertex inversion exists, halogenated phosphines invert through C2v T-shaped transition structures in most neutral species. The pseudo-Jahn−Teller effect in which an a1‘ ⊗ e‘ mixing leads a D3h to a C2v T-shaped transition structure is confirmed to be responsible for the edge inversion. This effect is operative upon substitution of, at least, two H atoms of PH3 by halogen atoms and appears to be largest in F-derivatives. The pseudo-JT effect is reduced in the order F > Cl > Br. In radical cations, the inversion barriers are consistently and substantially reduced, in such a way that in PCl3•+ and PBr3•+ the pseudo-Jahn−Teller effect virtually disappears and the edge inve...