Inorganic Chemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 64(1), P. 286 - 294
Published: Dec. 31, 2024
Transition metal carbonyl and transition dinitrogen are fundamental chemical complexes in many important biological catalytic processes. Interestingly, binding between a (TM) atom or results spin state change. However, no study has evaluated the spin–orbit (SO) effect along association pathway of any TM–CO TM–N2 bond. Using multireference calculations with SO interaction, we calculated potential energy curve for 11 electronic states crossover reactions: Ni + CO → NiCO N2 NiN2. Through this multistate calculation, found that commonly used minimum (MEP) gives reasonable energies asymptotes but an incorrect physical picture intermediate bond length. MEP assumes strong at crossing point allows direct from triplet to singlet state, showed interactions strengthen length regions, 2.3–2.5 Å before point. Furthermore, barrier 0.15 eV adsorbate pathway. These provide new understanding overlooked yet on process, which can change rate by several orders magnitude.
Language: Английский