Volume 4, Number 1, 15-18, DOI: 10.1007/BF00672094

An ab initio molecular orbital study of the trimethylgallium-arsine adduct: (CH3)3Ga:AsH3

Charles W. Bock and Mendel Trachtman

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Abstract

The structure, harmonic frequencies, and binding energy of the trimethylgallium-arsine adduct, (CH3)3Ga: AsH3, have been computed using ab initio molecular orbital methods, and, where possible, compared with experimental results. The structures and frequencies of the precursors trimethylgallium and arsine are perturbed to only a small extent upon adduct formation. The binding energy of (CH3)3Ga: AsH3 is found to be 5.2 kcal/mol lower than that for H3Ga:AsH3 at the MP2/HUZSP*//RHF/HUZSP* level of computation.

Key words  Trimethylgallium-arsine adduct - molecular orbital - binding energy

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