Abstract

The potential energy curves and spectroscopic constants of the ground and 29 low-lying excited states of MoC with different spin and spatial symmetries within 48 000 cm(-1) have been investigated. We have used the complete active space multiconfiguration self-consistent field methodology, followed by multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) methods. Relativistic effects were considered with the aid of relativistic effective core potentials in conjunction with these methods. The results are in agreement with previous studies that determined the ground state as X (3)Sigma(-). At the MRCISD+Q level, the transition energies to the 1 (3)Delta and 4 (1)Delta states are 3430 and 8048 cm(-1), respectively, in fair agreement with the results obtained by DaBell et al. [J. Chem. Phy. 114, 2938 (2001)], namely, 4003 and 7834 cm(-1), respectively. The three band systems located at 18 611, 20 700, and 22 520 cm(-1) observed by Brugh et al. [J. Chem. Phy. 109, 7851 (1998)] were attributed to the excited 11 (3)Sigma(-), 14 (3)Pi, and 15 (1)Pi states respectively. At the MRCISD level, these states are 17 560, 20 836, and 20 952 cm(-1) above the ground state respectively. We have also identified a (3)Pi state lying 14 309 cm(-1) above the ground state. The ground states of the molecular ions are predicted to be (4)Sigma(-) and (2)Delta for MoC(-) and MoC(+), respectively.

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