Article ; Online: A general method for locating stationary points on the mixed-spin surface of spin-forbidden reaction with multiple spin states.
The Journal of chemical physics
2023 Volume 158, Issue 22
Abstract: Some chemical reactions proceed on multiple potential energy surfaces and are often accompanied by a change in spin multiplicity, being called spin-forbidden reactions, where the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effects play a crucial role. In order to ... ...
| Abstract | Some chemical reactions proceed on multiple potential energy surfaces and are often accompanied by a change in spin multiplicity, being called spin-forbidden reactions, where the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effects play a crucial role. In order to efficiently investigate spin-forbidden reactions with two spin states, Yang et al. [Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 4129-4136 (2018)] proposed a two-state spin-mixing (TSSM) model, where the SOC effects between the two spin states are simulated by a geometry-independent constant. Inspired by the TSSM model, we suggest a multiple-state spin-mixing (MSSM) model in this paper for the general case with any number of spin states, and its analytic first and second derivatives have been developed for locating stationary points on the mixed-spin potential energy surface and estimating thermochemical energies. To demonstrate the performance of the MSSM model, some spin-forbidden reactions involving 5d transition elements are calculated using the density functional theory (DFT), and the results are compared with the two-component relativistic ones. It is found that MSSM DFT and two-component DFT calculations may provide very similar stationary-point information on the lowest mixed-spin/spinor energy surface, including structures, vibrational frequencies, and zero-point energies. For the reactions containing saturated 5d elements, the reaction energies by MSSM DFT and two-component DFT agree very well within 3 kcal/mol. As for the two reactions OsO+ + CH4 → OOs(CH2)+ + H2 and W + CH4 → WCH2 + H2 involving unsaturated 5d elements, MSSM DFT may also yield good reaction energies of similar accuracy but with some counterexamples. Nevertheless, the energies may be remarkably improved by a posteriori single point energy calculations using two-component DFT at the MSSM DFT optimized geometries, and the maximum error of about 1 kcal/mol is almost independent of the SOC constant used. The MSSM method as well as the developed computer program provides an effective utility for studying spin-forbidden reactions. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Chemical Phenomena ; Thermodynamics |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-06-08 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 3113-6 |
| ISSN | 1089-7690 ; 0021-9606 |
| ISSN (online) | 1089-7690 |
| ISSN | 0021-9606 |
| DOI | 10.1063/5.0151630 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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