Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.102, No.8, 1394-1404, 1998
Anharmonic force fields and accurate thermochemistry of H2SiO, cis-HSiOH, and trans-HSiOH
The energetics, structure, and anharmonic force fields of the isomers H2SiO, cis-HSiOH, and trans-HSiOH have been studied using coupled cluster methods and basis sets of up to spdfgh quality;and including inner-shell correlation. Inner polarization functions on Si were found to be of crucial importance for the correct reproduction of computed properties. At the basis set limit at 0 K, the H2SiO isomer is more stable than the two others by about 0.5 kcal/mol. cis-HSiOH is marginally more stable than trans-HSiOH (0.05 kcal/mol); deuteration shifts the equilibrium toward the trans form. The computed fundamentals for the (H,D) and (O-16,O-18) isotopomers closely track the experimental ones in an argon matrix, except for a few reassignments which impose themselves. Our best computed geometry for H2SiO, r(SiH) 1.4733 Angstrom, r(SiO) = 1.5140 Angstrom, and theta(HSiH) = 111.97 degrees, agrees within experimental error with the most recent determination. Using a recently proposed Schwartz-type extrapolation, we obtain the following Sigma D-0 values (including core correlation, atomic spin-orbit splitting, and anharmonic zero-point energy) : SiO 189.9, SiH2 (a B-3(1)) 124.5 kcal/mol, SiH2 (X (1)A(1)) 145.80 kcal/mol, and H2SiO 292.6 kcal/mol, which we expect to be accurate to about 0.3 kcal/mol. The former three agree with experiment to within the latter's uncertainty but have smaller error bars. As a byproduct, we obtain a basis set limit for the singlet-triplet splitting in silylene, T-0 = 21.35 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol. To assist future gas-phase infrared and microwave studies on silanone and hydroxysilylene, computed anharmonic spectroscopic constants for all species concerned have been presented, and complete anharmonic force fields are available as Supporting Information.
Keywords:CORRELATED MOLECULAR CALCULATIONS;POTENTIAL-ENERGY SURFACES;GAUSSIAN-BASIS SETS;AB-INITIO;HYDROXYSILYLENE HSIOH;VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES;HARMONIC FREQUENCIES;ELECTRON CORRELATION;PERTURBATION-THEORY;SILANONE H2SIO