Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (9): 1495.

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Ab Initio Study on Transition Metal Carbene Cations

LI Ji-Hai, FENG Da-Cheng, FENG Sheng-Yu   

  1. Chemical College of Shandong University, Jinan, 250100
  • Received:1998-03-08 Online:1998-09-24 Published:1998-09-24

Abstract: The geometries and bonding characteristic of the first-row transition metal carbene cations MCH2+ were studied by ab initio (HF/LANL2DZ). All of MCH2+ are coplanar. In the closed shell structures the σ and π obitals are all doubly occupied. Therefore, they are “perfect” double bonds, but in the open shell, they are “imperfect”, because there are only three electrons in σ and π orbitals. It was mainly the π-type overlap between2 px of Cand 4 px, 3dxz of Mthat formed the π orbitals. The dissociation energies of C—M+ bond appear periodic trends from Sc to Cu. The bond dissociation energies of C—M+ calculated at PMP3/LANL2DZlevel are basically closed to the experimental values.

Key words: Transition metal carbene cation, Geometry, Molecular orbital, Bond dissociation energy, Ab initio

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