Oligomerization of Aluminum,Gallium, and Indium Trihalides in the Gas Phase: A Quantum-Chemical Study |
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Authors: | A Yu Timoshkin |
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Institution: | (1) St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskii pr. 26, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russia |
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Abstract: | The structural and thermodynamic properties of oligomers of Group IIIA metal trihalides MX3]n(M = Al, Ga, In; X = F, Cl, Br, I; n = 2, 3, 4) have been obtained by the density functional theory B3LYP/LANL2DZ(d) method. The processes of tri- and tetramerization of trifluorides are exothermic and favorable at low temperatures. The fraction of trimeric molecules in aluminum and gallium chloride vapors is small (~10?3%). For Al3Cl9 and Al4Cl12, in addition to the expected cyclic structures with three and four chloride bridges, the existence of their high-energy isomers with, respectively, six and eight bridging halogen atoms has been predicted. |
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