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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 139, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.4826171
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- COST action [CMR805]
- [ANR-08-BLAN-0225 FORCOMS]
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The title reaction has been calculated using complete active space self-consistent field and internally contracted multi-reference configuration interaction, including Davidson correction, calculations. Dunning's correlation consistent atomic basis sets, together with several complete basis set extrapolation schemes, were employed. Core-valence and scalar relativistic effects were also taken into account, as well as anharmonicity of the vibrational modes. Core-valence correlation appears to have a large impact on the calculated frequencies, spectroscopic constants, and on the energetics. In particular, the best estimate for the HCO (DCO) formation barrier height at 0 K, 4.54 +/- 0.14 (4.43 +/- 0.14) kcal mol(-1) is larger than previous theoretical works and well above the usually accepted value of 2.0 +/- 0.4 kcal mol(-1), measured at room temperature. Inclusion of temperature and entropy at 298 K does not seem to be able to solve this discrepancy. The present theoretical barrier height is therefore the recommended value. The exo-ergicity of the HCO (DCO) dissociation reaction, predicted to be -13.36 +/- 0.57 (-14.72 +/- 0.57) kcal mol(-1), is slightly below the experimental value. Finally, all tested density functionals fail to reproduce accurately both the formation and dissociation barriers. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
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