THEORETICAL-STUDY OF THE LOW-LYING TRIPLET AND SINGLET-STATES OF DIRADICALS .2. CYCLOPENTADIENYLTRIMETHYLENEMETHANE

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NACHTIGALL, P [1 ]
DOWD, P [1 ]
JORDAN, KD [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PITTSBURGH,DEPT CHEM,PITTSBURGH,PA 15260
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10.1021/ja00038a043
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Cyclopentadienyltrimethylenemethane has low-lying singlet and triplet states of A1 and B2 symmetry. The geometries of these states have been optimized by means of the ROHF, UHF, and MCSCF methods. The two lowest energy states-the B-3(2) ground state and the 1A1 state, lying 4.9 kcal/mol above the ground state-are predicted to be planar. The higher-lying 3A1 and B-1(2) states are found to have nonplanar structures.
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