The bonding, spin density related properties, and vibrational frequency of CO bound to single Au atom in the gas-phase or supported on MgO surfaces have been investigated with a variety of computational methods and models: periodic plane waves calculations have been compared with molecular approaches based on atomic orbital basis sets; pseudopotential methods with all electron fully relativistic calculations; various density functional theory (DFT) exchange-correlation functionals with the unrestricted coupled-cluster singles and doubles with perturbative connected triples {[CCSD(T)]. AuCO is a bent molecule but the potential for bending is very soft, and small changes in the bond angle result in large changes in the CO gas-phase vibrational frequency. At the equilibrium geometry the DFT calculated vibrational shift of CO with respect to the free molecule is about -150 cm(-1), whereas smaller values -60/-70 cm(-1) are predicted by the more accurate CCSD(T) method. These relatively large differences are due to the weak and nonclassic bonding in this complex. Upon adsorption on MgO, the CO vibrational shift becomes much larger, about -290 cm(-1), due to charge transfer from the basic surface oxide anion to AuCO. This large redshift is predicted by all methods, and is fully consistent with that measured for MgO/AuCO complexes. The strong influence of the support on the AuCO bonding is equally well described by all different approaches.}

Giordano, L., Carrasco, J., DI VALENTIN, C., Illas, F., Pacchioni, G. (2006). Vibrational and electron paramagnetic resonance properties of free and MgO supported AuCO complexes. THE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 124(17) [10.1063/1.2189852].

Vibrational and electron paramagnetic resonance properties of free and MgO supported AuCO complexes

GIORDANO, LIVIA;DI VALENTIN, CRISTIANA;PACCHIONI, GIANFRANCO
2006

Abstract

The bonding, spin density related properties, and vibrational frequency of CO bound to single Au atom in the gas-phase or supported on MgO surfaces have been investigated with a variety of computational methods and models: periodic plane waves calculations have been compared with molecular approaches based on atomic orbital basis sets; pseudopotential methods with all electron fully relativistic calculations; various density functional theory (DFT) exchange-correlation functionals with the unrestricted coupled-cluster singles and doubles with perturbative connected triples {[CCSD(T)]. AuCO is a bent molecule but the potential for bending is very soft, and small changes in the bond angle result in large changes in the CO gas-phase vibrational frequency. At the equilibrium geometry the DFT calculated vibrational shift of CO with respect to the free molecule is about -150 cm(-1), whereas smaller values -60/-70 cm(-1) are predicted by the more accurate CCSD(T) method. These relatively large differences are due to the weak and nonclassic bonding in this complex. Upon adsorption on MgO, the CO vibrational shift becomes much larger, about -290 cm(-1), due to charge transfer from the basic surface oxide anion to AuCO. This large redshift is predicted by all methods, and is fully consistent with that measured for MgO/AuCO complexes. The strong influence of the support on the AuCO bonding is equally well described by all different approaches.}
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oxide surfaces, DFT
English
2006
124
17
174709
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Giordano, L., Carrasco, J., DI VALENTIN, C., Illas, F., Pacchioni, G. (2006). Vibrational and electron paramagnetic resonance properties of free and MgO supported AuCO complexes. THE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 124(17) [10.1063/1.2189852].
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