The potential energy surfaces (PES) of unimolecular dissociation reactions for di-ethyl beryl- lium and di-t-butyl beryllium are investigated by B3LYP, CCSD(T), and G3B3 approaches. Possible reaction pathways thro...The potential energy surfaces (PES) of unimolecular dissociation reactions for di-ethyl beryl- lium and di-t-butyl beryllium are investigated by B3LYP, CCSD(T), and G3B3 approaches. Possible reaction pathways through either the radical or transition state (TS) of the molecules are considered. The geometries, vibrational frequencies and relative energies for various sta- tionary points are determined. From the study of energetics, the TS pathways arising from concerted molecular eliminations are indicated to be the main dissociation pathways for both molecules. The PES differences of the dissociation reactions are investigated. The activation energies and rate constants will be helpful for investigating the predictive ability of the reaction in further theoretical and experimental research.展开更多
基金ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the NationM Nature Science Foundation of China (No.11104256) and the Open Project of State Key Laboratory Cultivation base for Nonmetal Composites and Functional Mate- rials (No.11zxfk19). We thank Dr. Shuang-lin Hu from the Chemistry Department of Uppsala University in Sweden for helpful suggestion. We would also thank the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale in University of Science and Technology of China for the computational facilities (Gaussian 09).
文摘The potential energy surfaces (PES) of unimolecular dissociation reactions for di-ethyl beryl- lium and di-t-butyl beryllium are investigated by B3LYP, CCSD(T), and G3B3 approaches. Possible reaction pathways through either the radical or transition state (TS) of the molecules are considered. The geometries, vibrational frequencies and relative energies for various sta- tionary points are determined. From the study of energetics, the TS pathways arising from concerted molecular eliminations are indicated to be the main dissociation pathways for both molecules. The PES differences of the dissociation reactions are investigated. The activation energies and rate constants will be helpful for investigating the predictive ability of the reaction in further theoretical and experimental research.