title: Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation study of successive hydrogenation reactions of carbon monoxide producing methanol.
abstract: Doing ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate a possibility of hydrogenation of carbon monoxide producing methanol step by step. At first, the hydrogen atom reacts with the carbon monoxide molecule at the excited state forming the formyl radical. Formaldehyde was formed after adding one more hydrogen atom to the system. Finally, absorption of two hydrogen atoms to formaldehyde produces methanol molecule. This study is performed by using the all-electron mixed basis approach based on the time dependent density functional theory within the adiabatic local density approximation for an electronic ground-state configuration and the one-shot GW approximation for an electronic excited state configuration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Thi Nu
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Shota
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohno