Deprotonation Energies of Ground and Excited states of HCN

Authors

V. Marudarajan
Steve Scheiner, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

Chemical Physics Letters

Publication Date

11-1991

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

186

Issue

4-5

First Page

356

Last Page

362

Abstract

The ground and first few excited electronic states of HCN and its deprotonated anion CN⁻ are investigated by ab initio calculations including electron correlation. The excited states of HCN are bent with their bonds stretched in comparison to the linear ground state. The 3A′ state is lowest for HCN, lying about 110 kcal/mol above the¹Σ⁺ ground state, followed by ³A″ and then by ¹A′. The deprotonation energies of these excited states are between 10 and 20 kcal/mol greater than that of the ground state. The electronic excitation shifts density toward the C atom.

Recommended Citation

Marudarajan, V. and Scheiner, Steve, "Deprotonation Energies of Ground and Excited states of HCN" (1991). Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications. Paper 567.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/chem_facpub/567