Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (11): 2163.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150491

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Spin-orbit Coupling ab initio Investigation on the Photolysis Mechnism of CH2BrI

SONG Yanli, LIU Yajun*()   

  1. College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry,Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijng 100875, China
  • Received:2015-06-24 Online:2015-11-10 Published:2015-10-12
  • Contact: LIU Yajun E-mail:yajun.liu@bnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21273021, 21325312)

Abstract:

Based on the latest experimental results in solvents, the state-of-the-art quantum chemical calculation, i.e. the multi-state second order multiconfigurational perturbation theory in consideration of the spin-orbit coupling interaction through complete active space state interaction(MS-CASPT2/CASSI-SO) was used for investigating the spin-orbital-coupled states potential energy curves(PECs) of bromoiodomethane(CH2BrI) at 266 nm in solvents(acetonitrile, 2-butanol and cyclohexane). The calculated PECs leading to the products I(2P3/2) and I*(2P1/2) are consistent with the experimental observations. The mechanisms of the photoisomerization in solvents were studied in order to understand the effects of solvent polarity on the recombination products(CH2Br—I and CH2I—Br). The current calculation assigned the latest experimental observation, and once again evidenced the necessity of involving the spin-orbit coupling effect for heavy atoms like Br and I.

Key words: Bromoiodomethane, Photolysis, Solvent effect, CASPT2, Spin-orbit coupling, ab initio

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