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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Inorg Chem. 2009 Sep 21;48(18):8856–8862. doi: 10.1021/ic9011058

Table 3.

Calculated vertical ionization energies and thermal population analysis for conformations of the diolato molecules.

Relative E
(kcal/mol)
IEv
(eV)
% of
population
Molecule D
boat +2.1 6.92 6
chair 0 6.71 94
Molecule E
boat +3.0 6.81 2
chair 0 6.61 98
Molecule F
boat +2.3 6.77 4
chair +3.4 6.63 1
boat twist 0 6.58 95