%0 Journal Article
%@ 0009-2614
%A Falcetta, MF
%A Jordan, KD
%D 1999
%F pittir:17898
%J Chemical Physics Letters
%N 5-6
%P 588 - 594
%T Ab initio investigation of the temporary anion states of silane and the linear silanes: (Si<inf>n</inf>H<inf>2n+2</inf>), n=2-5
%U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17898/
%V 300
%X The stabilization method is used in conjunction with Koopmans' theorem to calculate the energies of the unfilled molecular orbitals appropriate for describing the low-lying anion states of the linear silanes, SinH2n+2, with n=1-5. In agreement with earlier studies, the lowest energy unfilled molecular orbital for each member of the n≥3 silanes is found to be largely SiH2 σ* in character.