- Author
- Berry, R. J. | Burgess, D. R. F., Jr. | Nyden, M. R. | Zachariah, M. R.
- Title
- Halon Thermochemistry: Ab Initio Calculations of the Enthalpies of Formation of Fluoromethanes.
- Coporate
- Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD University of North Texas, Denton, TX
- Journal
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol. 99, No. 47, 17145-17150, 1995
- Keywords
- halons | thermochemistry | enthalpy
- Identifiers
- atom equivalent calculations; atom equivalents (AEQ) method; BAC-MP4 calculations; G2(MP2) and G2 calculations; BCS calculations; atomization energies and enthalpies of formation; isodesmic reactions; ab initio enthalpies; isodesmic enthalpies
- Abstract
- Atomic equivalent (AEQ), BAC-MP4, G2(MP2), G2, CBS-4, BCS-Q, and CBS-QCI/APNO molecular orbital calculations were used to calculate enthalpies of formation in the series of fluoromethanes, CHₓF4-x, x = 0-4. While the computed BAC-MP4 and CBS-4 were in close agreement with experiment, errors in enthalpies from the other five methods were relatively high. In particular, enthalpies of formation calculated with the G2(MP2) and G2 procedures exhibited systematic deviations from experiment which were linearly dependent upon the number of C-F bonds in the molecule. Application of isodesmic reaction calculaitons yielded values of G2(MP2), G2, CBS-Q, and CBS-QCI/APNO that were in remarkably close agreement with experiment. This technique had no significant effect on the quality of results from the AEQ, BAC-MP4, and CBS-4 methods.