PHYSWednesday, April 9, 2008

7:30 PM-10:00 PM Morial Convention Center -- Hall A, Poster
PHYS Poster Session - Computational Spectroscopy and Reaction Dynamics
Organizers:H. Bernhard Schlegel
Krishnan Raghavachari
Jingsong Zhang
Martin Head-Gordon
Theoretical study on reactions of ground state boron atom with ethylene (C2H4), allene (H2CCCH2), and methylacetylene (CH3CCH)
C. H. Huang, C. H. Kao, H. L. Sun, A. H. H. Chang, R. I. Kaiser
Rotational and vibrational energy levels of the H-/H2 dimer using coupled cluster calculations and quantum Monte Carlo methods
Patrick K. Moehlen, Robert J. Hinde
Rydberg states and dissociation dynamics of hydroxyethyl radicals
Laura W. Edwards, Hanna Reisler
Solvent effect on optical properties of acetone: A time-dependent density functional theory approach combined with the effective fragment potential method
Soohaeng Yoo, Federico Zahariev, Mark S. Gordon
Spectroscopy of multiply charged metal ions: Infrared studies of Mn2+(18-crown-6)(CH3OH)1-3
Jason D. Rodriguez, James M. Lisy
Synthesis and infrared characterization of Br-HBr and Br-DBr entrance channel complexes in solid parahydrogen
Sharon C. Kettwich, David T. Anderson
Theoretical studies of the activation of small hydrocarbons (CxH2x+2: x=1,2,3) by chromium oxides (CrOn: n=0,+1)
Felicia Nanguy, Timothy J. Dudley
Theoretical study of the H+CH4 and H+C2H6 reactions
Joshua P. Layfield, Diego Troya
Theoretical study on luminescent dinuclear coinage metal(I) complexes containing N,N'-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene ligand
M. F. Tsai, T. W. Ho, Ivan J. B. Lin, A. H. H. Chang
Theoretical study on luminescent dinuclear coinage metal(I) complexes containing pyridine ligand
Y. S. Wang, T. W. Ho, Ivan J. B. Lin, A. H. H. Chang
Theoretical study on luminescent dinuclear coinage metal(I) complexes: (N,N'-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene)(carbazolate) M(I) (M = Au, Ag, Cu)
L. G. Gao, S. H. Chen, C. H. Kao, Ivan J. B. Lin, A. H. H. Chang
TiAl3: Structure and its interaction with hydrogen
Jiamei Yu, Jianjun Liu, Qingfeng Ge
Torsion-stretch coupling in the OH spectrum of cis-cis HOONO
Matthew K. Sprague, Anne B. McCoy, Andrew K. Mollner, Mitchio Okumura
Tunneling splitting in H-atom transfer in malonaldehyde on ab initio potential energy surfaces
Yimin Wang, Bastiaan J. Braams, Joel M. Bowman
Unimolecular dissociation dynamics of the methylsulfonyl radical using velocity map imaging
Xiaonan Tang, Bridget Alligood, Britni Ratliff, David E. Szpunar, Emily Jane Glassman, Laurie J. Butler, Kai-Chung Lau
Vacuum ultraviolet excitation spectroscopy of autoionizing Rydberg states of atomic sulfur in the range of 73,350-84,950 cm-1
Xueliang Yang, Jingang Zhou, Brant Jones, C. Y. Ng, William M. Jackson
Vibrational state-dependent predissociation dynamics of ClO (A 2P3/2): Insight from the final correlated state branching ratios
Kristin S. Dooley, Justine N. Geidosch, Hahkjoon Kim, Gerrit C. Groenenboom, Simon W. North
Paper Withdrawn
Ab initio calculation of 1H - 29Si coupling constants in organoalkoxysilanes
Stephen E. Rankin, Jyothirmai Ambati
Charge distribution and structure of maximum spin LinX (n=2-7, X=Li and Na) clusters
San-Yan Chu
Kinetics of synthesis of the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide
Jun Wang Sr., Xuzhao Yang Sr., Gangsen Li Sr., Zhenzhen Zhang, Yingying Shi, Lihui Luan
Quasiclassical trajectory calculations of the OH+NO2 association reaction
Chao Chen, Benjamin C. Shepler, Bastiaan J. Braams, Joel M. Bowman
Reactions of small carbon-bearing radicals with unsaturated hydrocarbons: Product detection and low temperature kinetics
Adam J. Trevitt, Fabien Goulay, Stephen R. Leone
Probing the O(3P) + allyl radical product channels via unimolecular photodissociation
Benjamin L. FitzPatrick, Kai-Chung Lau, Laurie J. Butler, Jim J. Lin
13C chemical shielding calculations of actinide complexes
Anita M. Orendt, Xiao Guo, Julio Facelli
Paper Withdrawn
A quantum chemical investigation for cage structure of silsesquioxane based on [(3-methacryloxy)propyl]trimethoxylsilane
Lijiang Hu, Di Wang, Changmei Song, Yanwei Song, Yu Liu
An implementation of meta-GGA type of density functionals
Federico Zahariev, Sarom Sok, Mark S. Gordon
Assessing the performance of density functional theory on metal-salen catalysts: 3d6 and 4d6 metal centers
Tait Takatani, John S. Sears, C. David Sherrill
Collisional quenching of OH A 2Σ+ by molecular hydrogen: OH X 2Π Product state distribution and branching between reactive and nonreactive pathways
Logan P. Dempsey, Craig Murray, Patricia A. Cleary, Marsha I Lester
Computational studies of Ca-D vibrational probes in dipeptides
Elizabeth A. Ploetz, Carrie S. Miller, Beth A. Lindquist, Steven A. Corcelli
Computational study of structural modifications to a novel class of paramagnetic chemical exchange saturation transfer (PARACEST) agents
Whelton A. Miller III, Zhiwei Liu, Vojislava Pophristic
Dissociation dynamics of the HOOO radical upon IR excitation: Nature of chemical bonding
Craig Murray, Erika L Derro, Timothy D. Sechler, Marsha I Lester
Electronic excited state properties of organic hydroperoxides
Anna Melnichuk, Rodney J. Bartlett
Examining the Jahn Teller and pseudo-Jahn Teller effects in the nitrate radical
Kana Takematsu, Mitchio Okumura, John F Stanton
Formation of covalent structures in ionic acetylene clusters
Rachael A. Relph, Joseph R. Roscioli, Joseph C. Bopp, Mark A Johnson
Formation of interstellar HCCCCC via reaction of ground state carbon atom and diacetylene, HCCCCH
C. Y. Huang, B. J. Sun, H. H. Kuo, K. T. Chen, H. L. Sun, C. H. Huang, M. F. Tsai, C. H. Kao, Y. S. Wang, L. G. Gao, R. I. Kaiser, A. H. H. Chang
Infrared spectra and ab initio calculations of K+(Tryptamine)(H2O)n=1-5
Amy L. Nicely, Dorothy J. Miller, James M. Lisy
Investigating excited state dynamics in 7-azaindole
Molly B. Beernink, Nathan R Erickson, Nathaniel K. Swenson, Jonathan M. Smith
Modeling circular dichroism of some high-symmetry chiral molecules: ADF and Gaussian calculations
Carl Trindle, Zikri Altun
Neutral-neutral reaction of ground state carbon atom with triacetylene, HCCCCCCH: Formation of interstellar 2,4,6-heptatriynylidyne, HCCCCCCC
B. J. Sun, R. I. Kaiser, A. H. H. Chang
Nuclear hyperfine interactions in the open shell complexes O2-HF and O2-DF
Shenghai Wu, Galen Sedo, Erik M. Grumstrup, Kenneth R. Leopold
Phosphorylation effect on conformation of dipeptides: Various spectroscopic experiments and comparisons with computer simulations
Kyung-Koo Lee, Minhaeng Cho
Active-space equation-of-motion coupled-cluster methods for ground and excited states of radicals and other open-shell species
Jeffrey R. Gour, Piotr Piecuch
An ab initio G3-type/statistical theory study of naphthalene and indene formation pathways originated from reactions of cyclopentadiene and cyclopentadienyl radical
Vadim V. Kislov, Alexander M Mebel
An ab initio study of stability of lowest singlet and triplet states of aminofurazans
Alexander V. Gaenko, Ajitha Devarajan
Comparing electronic structure calculations for the ground state dissociation of vinoxy radicals
Doran I G Bennett, Laurie J. Butler, Hans-Joachim Werner
Crossed beam studies of the C + C2H2 and C2 + C2H2 reactions: Dynamics of C3, linear and cyclic-C3H, and C4H formation
P. Casavecchia, F. Leonori, R. Petrucci, K. M. Hickson, E. Segoloni, A. Bergeat, N. Balucani
Crossed molecular beam studies of radical-radical reactions: O(3P) + hydrocarbon radicals (CH3 and C3H5)
P. Casavecchia, F. Leonori, E. Segoloni, R. Petrucci, N. Balucani, A. Bergeat, D. Stranges
Dynamics of the O + acetylene and O + ethylene reactions from crossed beam experiments with soft electron-ionization detection: Primary products and branching ratios
P. Casavecchia, F. Leonori, G. Capozza, E. Segoloni, N. Balucani, G. G. Volpi
Development of an open shell effective fragment potential
Daniel D Kemp, Mark S. Gordon
Dynamics simulations of the dissociation of vibrationally excited HOSO2 to OH and SO2: IVR, dissociation rates, and the OH + SO2 high pressure limit
David R Glowacki, Michael J. Pilling, Dmitrii Shalashilin, Emilio Martinez Nunez
Electronic structure and ionization potentials of the hydroxymethyl and 1-hydroxyethyl radicals
Kadir Diri, Boris Karpichev, Hanna Reisler, Anna I. Krylov
General rule for the ionization behavior of alkyl and 1-alkenylperoxy radicals and the stability of their cations
Giovanni Meloni, Talitha M. Selby, Fabien Goulay, Stephen R. Leone, David L. Osborn, Craig A. Taatjes
Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of methyl pyridines
Sonjela Bulku, Christine Sittler, Yevgeniya Alkayeva, Galina Zenkovetz, Alexei Shutilov
Macroconfiguration based approach for heavy element compounds: Implementation of relativistic generalized van Vleck perturbation theory (GVVPT3)
Alexander Gaenko, Ajitha Devarajan, Roland Lindh, Mark R. Hoffmann
Matching-pursuit split-operator Fourier-transform simulations of excited state intramolecular proton transfer in 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-benzothiazole
Yinghua Wu, Justin Kim, Victor S Batista, Jean-Luc Brédas
Molecular structures, acid-base properties, electron affinities, and reactivities of transition metal oxide clusters
Shenggang Li, David A. Dixon
Optical properties in aqueous solution using the TDDFT/EFP1 method
Sarom Sok, Soohaeng Yoo, Federico Zahariev, Mark S. Gordon
Photodissociative studies of the propyn-1-yl radical
Paul E Crider II, Kathryn E. Kautzman, Luca Castiglioni, Daniel M Neumark
Potential energy curves determined by emission spectroscopy
Christopher R. Brazier, Jose I Ruiz, Sylvia V. Parks, Michelle A. Tandoc
Solvent induced shifts in electronic spectroscopy
Pooja Arora, Simon P. Webb, Mark S. Gordon
Temperature dependence of the OH radical absorption spectrum in water
Patrick M Hare, Ireneusz Janik, Daniel M. Chipman, Ian Carmichael, David M. Bartels
The low-lying potential energy hypersurfaces of N3
Ioannis Kerkines, Zhi Wang, Keiji Morokuma, Peng Zhang
Ultrafast infrared spectroscopy of dilute HOD in aqueous salt solutions
Yu-Shan Lin, J. L. Skinner
Ultraviolet photodissociation dynamics of the propargyl radical
Xianfeng Zheng, Yu Song, Jingsong Zhang
Vibronic simulations of the photoelectron spectrum of the NO3 radical
Bijoy Krishna Dey

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The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008