Journal
CHEMPHYSCHEM
Volume 14, Issue 11, Pages 2511-2517Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201300357
Keywords
ab initio calculation; beryllium; cluster compounds; density functional calculations; noble gases
Funding
- Indo-EU (HYPOMAP) project
- Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
- Conacyt [INFRA-2012-01-188147]
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The noble gas binding ability of CN3Be3 + clusters was assessed both by ab intio and density functional studies. The global minimum structure of the CN3Be3 + cluster binds with four noble-gas (NG) atoms, in which the Be atoms are acting as active centers. The electron transfer from the noble gas to the Be atom plays a key role in binding. The dissociation energy of the Be - NG bond gradually increases from He to Rn, maintaining the periodic trend. The HOMO-LUMO gap, an indicator for stability, gives additional insight into these NG-bound clusters. The temperature at which the NG-binding process is thermo-dynamically feasible was identified. In addition, we investigated the stability of two new neutral NG compounds, (NG) BeSe and (NG) BeTe, and found them to be suitable candidates to be detected experimentally such as (NG) BeO and (NG) BeS. The dissociation energies of the Be NG bond in monocationic analogues of (NG) BeY (Y= O, S, Se, Te) were found to be larger than in the corresponding neutral counter-parts. Finally, the higher the positive charge on the Be atoms, the higher the dissociation energy for the Be NG bond becomes.
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