Supplement 5a. Mechanism for Interchanging Apical and Equatorial Atoms IF5 via a Cs Transition State

A: Calculated Ground State Structure for IF5
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Impose a red/orange/blue color scheme to follow the atoms undergoing exchange:
Begin and stay equatorial red
Begin equatorial and become apical orange
Begin apical and become equatorial blue
 		Calculated Transition State B3LYP/cc-pV5Z-pp
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Tools to view the "Chimeric" Exchange Mechanism
  1. Turn
  2. Displacement

  3. Compare to A
  4. View one Cycle of the Vibration:

    Compare final point (b) to B
  5. Turn then select:
    • Turnstile-like Character
    • Lever-like Character
    • Berry-like Mode
B: Calculated Ground State Structure for IF5
Viewing tools:


Impose a red/orange/blue color scheme to follow the atoms undergoing exchange:
Begin and stay equatorial red
Begin equatorial and become apical orange
Begin apical and become equatorial blue