Structure and thermochemistry of ClO2 radicals

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Abstract
The structure of ClO2 has been calculated for the X 2 A‘ground state using unrestricted Hartree–Fock (UHF), unrestricted second‐order Mo/ller–Plesset perturbation (UMP2), configuration interaction using single and double excitation (CISD), and quadratic configuration interaction (QCI) ab initio molecular orbital methods. Calculations using UMP2 and CISD wave functions predict a ClO bond length of 1.728±0.01 Å. The single‐configuration based QCI in the singles and doubles space with perturbation inclusion of triple substitutions, denoted QCISD(T), yield a ClO bond length of 2.205 Å. The QCI results are consistent with results of Jensen who showed that the ClO bond length is 2.181 Å using annihilated self‐consistent methods (AUMP2). The thermochemistry of ClO2 radical has been calculated using MP2 and QCI methods using an isodesmic scheme. Our scheme predicts the heat of formation for ClO2 at 0 K to be 24.6±2 kcal mol−1.