Potential energy surface for the rearrangement of vinylidene to acetylene. Surface based on the work of Muller and Brown (1979); animation based on the work of Muller and Brown (1979) and Boye-Peronne (2006). Potential energy surface 3D model by Paul Low and Dave Pfaff based on math by Galen Craven. Potential enery surface from Muller and Brown (1979). Animation by Paul Low based on Muller and Brown (1979) and Boye-Peronne (2006)
Refs: Muller, K., Brown, L. D., 1979. Location of saddle points and minimum energy paths by a constrained simplex optimization procedure. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 53: 75–93.
Boye-Peronne, S., Gauyacq, Lievin, J., 2006. Vinylidene-acetylene cation isomerization investigated by large scale ab initio calculations. Journal of Chemical Physics, 124: 214305.
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