title: Revisiting the structure of (LiCH3)n aggregates using Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics.
abstract: The theoretical study of (LiMe)(n) aggregates using Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics was undertaken. With respect to a quantum chemical static treatment, this approach furnishes supplementary information about the structural parameters. Equilibrium structures are indeed stable to ca. 300 K, provided the methyl groups in the aggregates are considered to rotate essentially freely. The Li-C distance depends on the coordination number of Li and not so much on the degree of aggregation. Finally, above 650 K, the cubic LiCH(3) tetramer (which is energetically favored) undergoes an entropy-driven rearrangement to a planar structure.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-- Paris 6, UMR 7616, CC 137, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France. helen.gerard@lc.jussieu.fr
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gérard
authors.forename: Aurélien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de la Lande
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maddaluno
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Parisel
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Tuckerman