Ab initio structure and vibration-rotation dynamics of germylene,GeH2 |
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Authors: | Jacek Koput |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61–614, Poznań, Poland |
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Abstract: | Accurate structure and potential energy surface of germylene, GeH2, in its ground electronic state 1A1 were determined from ab initio calculations using the coupled-cluster approach in conjunction with the correlation-consistent basis sets up to sextuple-zeta quality. The Born-Oppenheimer equilibrium structural parameters for the 1A1 state are estimated to be re(GeH) = 1.5793 Å and ∠e(HGeH) = 91.19∘. The term value Te for the lowest excited electronic state ã3B1 of GeH2 is predicted to be 9140 cm–1. The vibration-rotation energy levels for the 1A1 state of the 74GeH2, 74GeD2, 72GeH2, and 70GeH2 isotopologues were determined using a variational approach and compared with the experimental data. The role of the core-electron correlation, higher-order valence-electron correlation, scalar relativistic, spin-orbit, and adiabatic effects for prediction of the structure and vibration-rotation dynamics of the GeH2 molecule is discussed. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Keywords: | germylene structure potential energy surface vibration-rotation energy levels |
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