High level ab initio and density functional study of TeF6+and TeCl6+: Attainability of +7 oxidation state for tellurium

Joonghan Kim, Eunji Park, Jeongmin Park, Jungyoon Kim, Kihwan Yoon, Dakyeung Oh, Junho Lee, Tae Wu Kim, Tae Kyu Kim

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Abstract

Discovery of a new oxidation state for an element expands its chemistry. A high oxidation state, such as +7, is rare for sp-block elements except for halogens. In this study, we determined that Te can attain a +7 oxidation state through the existence of a distorted octahedron (DOH) structure of TeCl6+ based on coupled cluster singles and doubles with perturbative triples calculations. We propose a new type of isomerization that resembles pseudorotation. The octahedron structure of TeF6+ bearing one elongated axial bond isomerizes to a DOH via an associated pseudorotation.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberA133
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume158
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Apr 2023

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Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Grant No. NRF-2019R1F1A1063942). This work was supported by the Technology Innovation Program (Grant No. 20009826, Commercialization of Photo definable dielectric for advanced semiconductor packaging) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE, Korea). This work was also supported by the Catholic University of Korea, Research Fund, 2021. T. K. Kim acknowledges the support of NRF grant funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (Grant No. 2022R1A2C3003081).

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