Potential Energy Surfaces for Reactions of X Metal Atoms (X = Cu, Zn, Cd, Ga, Al, Au, or Hg) with YH4 Molecules (Y = C, Si, or Ge) and Transition Probabilities at Avoided Crossings in Some Cases
Figure 13
Potential energy curves of the Al (2P, 2S, and 2D) interaction with CH4 versus insertion angle toward the HAlCH3 intermediate product. The 3d1 character follows the path from the second excited state to the minimum in the X 2A′ state, where the final products are formed.
