Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5): 913.

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Theoretical Studies on Effect of Conformation on the Spin Multiplicity Ground State in Parity Ethylene Type Biradical System and Stability

WANG Li-Min, ZHANG Jing-Ping, XUAN Yu-Shi, WANG Rong-Shun   

  1. Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
  • Received:2003-05-06 Online:2004-05-24 Published:2004-05-24

Abstract: The effect of conformation on the spin multiplicity of ground state and it′s stability were investigated for parity ethylene type biradical system by means of comparative study with DFT, CASSCF and QCISD(T) methods. It is found that based on the continuous twisting of radical centers out of conjugation with the ethylene, both the absolute values and the tendency for the stability of triplet ground state (ΔES-T) of the investigated system change dramatically with variation the calculation methods. DFT and CASSCF methods cannot give a smooth change for ΔES-T, when the radical centers in the ethylene are twisted. However, the ΔES-T result obtained by QCISD(T) method offers a smooth change in the continuous twisting of radical centers. It is suggested that QCISD(T) method is reliable for dealing with the conformational problem of high-spin molecules. Furthermore, the ΔES-T values for ethylene type biradicals with one and two twisted radical centers were explored, respectively. When two or one radical centers in the ethylene are twisted sufficiently out of conjugation, and dihedral angles are close to 90°, ethylene turns into a weak antiferromagnet and weak ferromagnetic coupling units, respectively. Though the ethylene is a robust ferromagnetic coupling unit under planar conformation.

Key words: Parity ethylene, Biradical, DFT, CASSCF, QCISD(T), High-spin

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