Localized Multi-Reference Approach for Mixed-Valence Systems

摘要

The electronic structure and some important infra-molecular charge transfer parameters were investigated at CAS-SCF, MRCI, CAS+S and multi-reference localization levels of theory for purely organic mixed-valence molecules. In particular, a spiro cation has been taken as a model system. The potential energy surfaces of the ground and the lower three excited electronic states have been computed within a two-state model, at CAS-SCF using TZP basis for the spiro cation, and an adiabatic double-well potential has been obtained for the ground electronic state. Our analysis of the geometry through the reaction coordinate indicate that the spiro cation is a valence trapped bistable system. The effect of non-dynamical correlation, using a localized orbital approach, was found to be crucial for a quantitative description of the electronic structure and some important electron transfer parameters of these organic mixed-valence systems.