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Cu3C4-: A New Sandwich Molecule with Two Revolving C22- Units
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A combined photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) and ab initio study was carried out on a novel copper carbide cluster in the gas phase: Cu3C4-. It was generated in a laser vaporization cluster source and appeared to exhibit enhanced stability among the Cu3Cn- series. Its PES spectra were obtained at several photon energies, showing numerous well-resolved bands. Extensive ab initio calculations were performed on Cu3C4-, and two isomers were identified: a C2 structure (1A) with a Cu33+ triangular group sandwiched by two C22- units and a linear CuCCCuCCCu structure (D∞h, 1Σg+). A comparison of ab initio PES spectra with experimental data showed that the sandwich Cu3C4- cluster was solely responsible for the observed spectra and the linear isomer was not present, suggesting that the C2 structure is the global minimum in accordance with CCSD(T)/6-311+G* predictions. Interestingly, a relatively low barrier (0.4−0.6 kcal/mol) was found for the internal rotation of the C22- units in the sandwich Cu3C4-. To test different levels of theory in describing the CumCn- systems and lay foundations for the validity of the theoretical methods, extensive calculations at a variety of levels were also carried out on a simpler copper carbide species CuC2-, where two isomers were found to be close in energy: a linear one (C∞v, 1Σ+) and a triangular one (C2v, 1A1). The calculated electronic transitions for CuC2- were also compared with the PES data, in which both isomers were present.
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- Published In Issue February 03, 2005
- Received June 16, 2004
Revised October 4, 2004
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