Theoretical study of the anion of lithium hydride

Abstract
The potential energy curves of the ground state of LiH and LiH have been obtained by accurate ab initio configuration interaction calculations. The bond length, dissociation energy, and spectroscopic constants obtained from the potential curve of LiH are within 1% of corresponding experimental values. The results for LiH are Re =3.15±0.03a0, De=2.10±0.02 eV, D0=2.03±0.02 eV, and ωe=1179±11 cm−1. The calculated adiabatic electron affinity of LiH is 0.32 eV with an estimated error limit of ±0.02 eV. A semiempirical method for calculating diatomic molecular electron affinities is proposed. A detailed comparison of the current CI calculation with a previous equations‐of‐motion calculation is presented.