Molecular orbital calculations on the C2H4SH+ cation

Abstract
Systematic non-empirical SCF-MO calculations were carried out on the two limiting structures of C2H4SH+. In both of these cases two different atomic orbital basis sets were used. The results indicate that the open structure (β-thioethyl cation) lacks thermodynamic stability and spontaneously interconverts into the bridged structure (thiiranium ion). The pyramidal inversion at sulphur in the thiiranium ion was computed to be 78.11 kcal mol–1.

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