THEORETICAL-STUDY OF THE LOW-LYING TRIPLET AND SINGLET-STATES OF TETRAMETHYLENEETHANE - PREDICTION OF A TRIPLET BELOW SINGLET-STATE AT THE TRIPLET EQUILIBRIUM GEOMETRY

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作者
NACHTIGALL, P
JORDAN, KD
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[1] UNIV PITTSBURGH, DEPT CHEM, PITTSBURGH, PA 15260 USA
[2] UNIV PITTSBURGH, MAT RES CTR, PITTSBURGH, PA 15260 USA
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10.1021/ja00054a038
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
CI calculations are used to characterize the twisting potentials of the lowest singlet and triplet states of tetramethyleneethane. It is found that the triplet state, at its optimized geometry, lies 1.0-1.5 kcal/mol below the singlet state.
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