Using reduced density matrix techniques to capture static and dynamic correlation in the energy landscape for the decomposition of the CH2 CH2 ONO radical and support a non-IRC pathway

The Journal of Chemical Physics
Scott E SmartDavid A Mazziotti

Abstract

The unexpected abundance of HNO in the photodecomposition of the radical 2-nitrosooxy ethyl (CH2CH2ONO) is investigated through calculations of the potential energy surface by the anti-Hermitian contracted Schrödinger equation (ACSE) method, which directly generates the 2-electron reduced density matrix. The ACSE, which is able to balance single-reference (dynamic) and multi-reference (static) correlation effects, reveals some subtle correlation effects along the intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC) en route to NO + oxirane, an IRC which offers a potential bifurcation to the HNO + vinoxy product channel. These effects were not fully captured by either single-reference techniques, such as coupled cluster, or multi-reference techniques, such as second-order multi-reference perturbation theory. These correlation effects reveal small to moderate energy changes in key transition states, which have implications for the reaction mechanism as related to the production of HNO.

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