Bonding, relativistic effects Coupled cluster method

High-level theoretical calculations included ab initio relativistic effective core potentials (RECP) with MP2, MP4 and coupled-cluster methods, which emphasised the importance of elecfronic correlation in the correct description of fhe compounds (Di Bella ef al., 1996). This initial study was further refined by ab initio mefhods (Hong ef al., 1999) and relativistic DPT calculations (Dolg, 2001 Hong et al., 1999,2000 Lu and Li, 1999) The most recent calculations seem to favour an s d rafher fhan fhe f —> d promotion scheme in the metal-ligand bonding of fhe zero-valenf complexes. 

The only calculation we found for CdH is the work of Balasubramanian [68], using Cl with relativistic effective core potentials. The coupled-cluster results are presened in Table 6. Calculated values for R , cOg and Dg agree very well with experiment. Relativity contracts the bond by 0.04 and reduces the binding energy by 0.16 eV. The one- and two-component DK method reproduce the relativistic effects closely. Similar trends are observed for the excited states (Tables 7-9). Comparison with experiment is difficult for these states, since many of the experimental values are based on incomplete or uncertain data [65]. Calculated results for the CdH anion are shown in Table 10. The... 

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