For the investigation of the photochemistry of ethene six-dimensional potential-energy surfaces of the three valence states have been calculated on the basis of CASSCF/CASPT2 calculations. The nuclear coordinate space is spanned by the torsion, the C--C stretch coordinate, the left and right pyramidalisation and the symmetric and antisymmetric scissor coordinates. The diabatic potential-energy elements are represented as analytic functions of the relevant coordinates. The parameters of the analytic functions have been determined by a least-squares fit of the eigenvalues of the diabatic potential-energy matrix to the ab initio data. The model can describe the conical intersections of the two excited states and the first excited state with the ground state. The analytic potential-energy surfaces provided the basis for a quantum wave-packet description of the internal conversion of photoexcited ethene to the electronic ground state via conical intersections. The calculated population probabilities of the excited states have been compared to experimental data.
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For the investigation of the photochemistry of ethene six-dimensional potential-energy surfaces of the three valence states have been calculated on the basis of CASSCF/CASPT2 calculations. The nuclear coordinate space is spanned by the torsion, the C--C stretch coordinate, the left and right pyramidalisation and the symmetric and antisymmetric scissor coordinates. The diabatic potential-energy elements are represented as analytic functions of the relevant coordinates. The parameters of the analy...
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