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 9
Potential energy curves of the Cd(1S, 1P) interaction with SiH4 as a function of the insertion angle () towards the HCdSiH3 intermediate product. The 5p1 character follows the path from the second excited state to the minimum in the X 1A′ state, where the final products are formed.
