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 6
Potential energy curves of the Cu(2S, 2D, 2P) interaction with GeH4 as a function of the insertion angle () towards the HCuGeH3 intermediate product. The 4p1 character goes by the path from the second excited state to the minimum in the X 2A′ state, where the final products take place.
