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Nuclear tunneling in malonaldehyde: a model three dimensional study

Proton tunneling in malonaldehyde (MA) is investigated. Three-dimensional potential energy surfaces spanned by the O...H...O fragment of MA were generated based on DFT and reparameterized semiempirical calculations. The energy splitting of 42.3 (15.3) and 24.3 (5.3) cm-1 at the DFT and semiempirical levels, respectively, find good agreement with experiment values. The splitting is reduced to 36.4 (12.5) cm-1 by introducing an effective mass for the heavy atoms. We show that the potential barrier of 4.0 kcal mol-1 is consistent with observed H (D) tunneling splitting of 21.6 (2.9) cm-1.

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