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 14
Potential energy curves of the interaction of Ga(2P), Ga(2S), and Ga(2P) with CH4 towards the GaCH3 intermediate. Energy versus insertion angle (). The 5s1 character follows the path from the first excited state to the minimum in the X 2A′ state, where the final products emerge.
