Molecular Structure of Thiourea
- 19 April 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
- Vol. 116 (17), 4381-4387
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp301493b
Abstract
The molecular structure of thiourea has been investigated under Cs, C2, and C2v symmetry constraints. At the coupled-cluster level in conjunction with a triple-ζ basis set, only the C2 conformer has been found to be a real minimum on the potential energy surface. Its equilibrium structure has therefore been accurately evaluated using both theoretical and experimental data. With respect to the former, high-level quantum-chemical calculations at the coupled-cluster level in conjunction with correlation-consistent basis sets ranging in size from triple- to quintuple-zeta have been carried out. Extrapolation to the complete basis-set limit as well as core-correlation effects and inclusion of full treatment of triple excitations in the cluster operator have been considered. On the basis of the vibrational ground-state rotational constants available for five isotopic species and the corresponding computed vibrational corrections, the semiexperimental equilibrium geometry of thiourea has also been determined for the first time.Keywords
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