ASSIGNMENTS OF THE TEMPORARY ANION STATES OF THE CHLOROMETHANES

Calculations employing the stabilization method are used to predict the energies of the C-Cl(σ*) anion states of the chloromethanes. These calculations provide support for the assignments of the features observed in the electron transmission spectra of the chloromethanes. The stabilization method is found to be much more successful than conventional molecular orbital calculations at predicting relative vertical electron attachment energies. © 1990 American Chemical Society.