Theoretical study of selenium compounds: structural, energetics, spectroscopic, and kinetics aspects

Author(s)

Willian Hermoso

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ)
• Defense date: 2013-04-18

Examining board members

Fernando Rei Ornellas; Rômulo Augusto Ando; Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga; Francisco Bolivar Correto Machado; Pedro Antonio Muniz Vazquez

• Advisor: Fernando Rei Ornellas

Abstract

The chemistry of selenium is a subject of increasing interest due to its presence in many chemical enviroments, specially in the Earth\'s atmosphere. The lack of studies of relatively simple species containing 2-4 atoms has motivated this project which was focused on a rigorous theoretical investigation of a series of molecular especies: SeF, SeCl, SeBr, HSeF, HFSe, HSeCl, HClSe, HSeBr, HBrSe, and the isomers on the 1[H, S, Se, Cl] potential energy surface. Spectroscopic properties of a set of electronic states and the heat of formation of SeF, SeCl, and SeBr were determined. Along with the new results from this investigation, we showed that some theoretical and experimental data reported in the literature be revised and corrected. Energetic, structural, and spectroscopic aspects associated with the stationary points on the singlet potential energy surfaces [H, Se, X], X = F, Cl e Br, and [H, S, Se, Cl] were also characterized, and the heats of formation of the most stable isomers evaluated. Energetic barriers for the various processes of isomerization were estimated, as well as the energy involved in the dierent possibilities of dissociation of the most stable isomers. In the case of triatomic systems, we still estimated the rate constants for the direct and reverse reactions. In this context, we expect that this work should serve as reference in future theoretical and experimental studies on these systems and/or others of similar complexity (AU)