Potential energy surfaces for simple chemical reactions: Li + F2 → LiF + F |
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Authors: | GG Balint-KurtiM Karplus |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA |
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Abstract: | A potential energy surface is calculated for the Li + F2 → LiF + F reaction using an ab initio multistructure valence-bond approach. The orthogonalized Moffit (OM) method is employed to apply a correction for the large errors made by the ab initio calculation in representing the F− ion relative to the F atom. The OM method predicts the potential surface to be of the highly “attractive” or “early downhill” type and to possess a potential energy well with respect to dissociation to the products LiF + F. The attributes of the surface predicted by the OM method are compared with those suggested by experiment and used in trajectory calculations for analogous systems. |
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