Ab initio calculations of electronically excited states of cyano-substituted polyacetylene cations

Jong Myung Lee; Ludwik Adamowicz

doi:10.1016/S1386-1425(00)00452-2

Ab initio calculations of electronically excited states of cyano-substituted polyacetylene cations

Jong Myung Lee, Ludwik Adamowicz

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The transition energies for the lowest energy π→π* electronic excitations are calculated with the complete active space self-consistent field method (CASSCF) and with the complete active space second-order perturbation theory method (CASPT2) for the linear cyano-substituted polyacetylene cations, H-C_n-CN⁺, n = 4-11, and NC-C_n-CN⁺, n = 2-10. These systems are models for an important class of interstellar species. We demonstrate the utility of the theoretical calculations in assigning the experimental spectra.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	897-906
Number of pages	10
Journal	Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Volume	57
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1386-1425(00)00452-2
State	Published - Mar 15 2001

Keywords

Complete active space self-consistent field method (CASSCF)
Electronic excitations
Interstellar species
Polyacetylene cations
Transitions energies

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Analytical Chemistry
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Instrumentation
Spectroscopy

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Ab initio calculations of electronically excited states of cyano-substituted polyacetylene cations

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