New ab Initio Potential Energy Surfaces for the Renner-Teller Coupled
and
States of CH2
Figure 2
Contour plots for the () and () PESs as functions of and the bending angle of HCH. The intersection seam is shown as a bold line at , where is the angle of bending. Energies (kcal/mol) are relative to the C()+H2 asymptote.
