On the structure of the H 2 CO-HNO dimer: Planar or orthogonal?

Autor: Alfred Karpfen
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1108:10-17
ISSN: 2210-271X
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2017.02.031
Popis: The potential energy surface of the dimer formed between formaldehyde and nitrosyl hydride has been investigated theoretically at the MP2 and CCSD(T) levels using several extended basis sets. Six low-lying minima, all with Cs symmetry, were detected. Two of them are planar, four are non-planar. All dimers display geometry changes and vibrational frequency shifts characteristic for a formyl group engaged in hydrogen bonding: red shifts of C O stretches and blue shifts of C H stretches. In five of the dimers the N H stretching frequency is also blue-shifted, but in one structure the blue shift vanishes, when applying harmonic vibrational analysis. Including anharmonic effects, all N H stretches are blue shifted. The two most stable structures are nearly equienergetic and are reminiscent of the minima encountered in the formaldehyde dimer.
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