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Accurate ab initio Quartic Force Fields of Cyclic and Bent HC2N IsomersHighly correlated ab initio quartic force field (QFFs) are used to calculate the equilibrium structures and predict the spectroscopic parameters of three HC2N isomers. Specifically, the ground state quasilinear triplet and the lowest cyclic and bent singlet isomers are included in the present study. Extensive treatment of correlation effects were included using the singles and doubles coupled-cluster method that includes a perturbational estimate of the effects of connected triple excitations, denoted CCSD(T). Dunning s correlation-consistent basis sets cc-pVXZ, X=3,4,5, were used, and a three-point formula for extrapolation to the one-particle basis set limit was used. Core-correlation and scalar relativistic corrections were also included to yield highly accurate QFFs. The QFFs were used together with second-order perturbation theory (with proper treatment of Fermi resonances) and variational methods to solve the nuclear Schr dinger equation. The quasilinear nature of the triplet isomer is problematic, and it is concluded that a QFF is not adequate to describe properly all of the fundamental vibrational frequencies and spectroscopic constants (though some constants not dependent on the bending motion are well reproduced by perturbation theory). On the other hand, this procedure (a QFF together with either perturbation theory or variational methods) leads to highly accurate fundamental vibrational frequencies and spectroscopic constants for the cyclic and bent singlet isomers of HC2N. All three isomers possess significant dipole moments, 3.05D, 3.06D, and 1.71D, for the quasilinear triplet, the cyclic singlet, and the bent singlet isomers, respectively. It is concluded that the spectroscopic constants determined for the cyclic and bent singlet isomers are the most accurate available, and it is hoped that these will be useful in the interpretation of high-resolution astronomical observations or laboratory experiments.
Document ID
20120011813
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Inostroza, Natalia (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Huang, Xinchuan (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst. Mountain View, CA, United States)
Lee, Timothy J. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
March 31, 2012
Subject Category
Physics Of Elementary Particles And Fields
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN-4680
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: 10-APRA10-0096
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX09AI49A
CONTRACT_GRANT: 08-APRA08-0050
WBS: WBS 811073
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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