Relativity and the chemistry of UF6: A molecular Dirac—Hartree—Fock—CI study
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W. A. De Jong
Laboratory for Chemical Physics and Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Laboratory for Chemical Physics and Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorW. C. Nieuwpoort
Laboratory for Chemical Physics and Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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W. A. De Jong
Laboratory for Chemical Physics and Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Laboratory for Chemical Physics and Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorW. C. Nieuwpoort
Laboratory for Chemical Physics and Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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The electronic structure and bonding of UF6 and UF6− are studied within a relativistic framework using the MOLFDIR program package. A stronger bonding but more ionic molecule is found if one compares the relativistic with the nonrelativistic results. The first peak in the photoelectron spectrum of Karlsson et al. is assigned to the 12γ8u component of the 4t1u orbital, in agreement with other theoretical and experimental results. Good agreement is found between the experimental and theoretical 5f spectrum UF6−. Some properties, like the dissociation energy and electron affinity, are calculated and the necessity of a fully relativistic framework is shown. The Breit interaction has an effect on the core spinors and the spin-orbit splitting of these spinors but the influence on the valence spectrum is negligible. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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