title: New ab initio potential energy surface for BrH2 and rate constants for the H + HBr → H2 + Br abstraction reaction.
abstract: A global potential energy surface (PES) for the electronic ground state of the BrH(2) system was constructed based on the multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) method including the Davidson's correction using a large basis set. In addition, the spin-orbit correction were computed using the Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian and the unperturbed MRCI wavefunctions in the Br + H(2) channel and the transition state region. Adding the correction to the ground state potential, the lowest spin-orbit correlated adiabatic potential was obtained. The characters of the new potential are discussed. Accurate initial state specified rate constants for the H + HBr → H(2) + Br abstraction reaction were calculated using a time-dependent wave packet method. The predicted rate constants were found to be in excellent agreement with the available experimental values and much better than those obtained from a previous PES.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Changjian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Daiqian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xie