title: A theoretical study of the structure and thermochemical properties of alkali metal fluoroplumbates MPbF3.
abstract: Molecular constants of MPbF3 (M=Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs) were calculated theoretically at the MP2(full) and B3LYP levels with the SDD (Pb, K, Rb, and Cs) and cc-aug-pVQZ (F, Li, and Na) basis sets to determine the thermochemical characteristics of the substances. Satisfactory agreement with experiment was obtained, including the unexpected nonmonotonic dependence of substance dissociation energies on the alkali metal atomic number. The bond lengths of the theoretical CsPbF3 model were substantially elongated compared with experimental estimates, likely because of errors in both theoretical calculations and electron diffraction data processing.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Boltalin
authors.forename: Yu M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Korenev
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Sipachev