Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 185.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20120248

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SnAl4- and PbAl4-: Two New Planar Tetra-coordinate Molecule

GAO Si-Meng, HE Hai-Peng, DING Yi-Hong   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
  • Received:2012-03-21 Published:2012-12-31

Abstract:

The isomerization potential energy surface of XAl4-(X=Sn, Pb) at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ&CEP-121G//B3LYP/6-311+G(d)&LANL2DZ level(CEP-121G and LANL2DZ for Sn, Pb only) was constructed by means of the global isomeric search method. The results show that for X=Si/Ge, the planar tetra-coordinate X structure is the global isomer. Yet, for X=Sn/Pb, in addition to the planar tetra-coordinate X isomer, a "pyramidal" structure lies almost isoenergetic. Morevoer, from X=Si/Ge to X=Sn/Pb, the potential energy surface becomes smoother. The present work not only provides new clues to the 17 valence electron rule in the planar chemistry, but demonstrates that the doping at the X-site would have significant influence on the stability of the planar tetra-coordinate structure.

Key words: Planar tetra-coordinate, Potential energy surface, System SnAl4-, System PbAl4-, Theoretical study

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