Geometrical Configuration of Pu4+ and the Jahn-Teller Effect

It demorstrates six stable geometrical configurations of electronic states for Pu4+ using the density functional method B3LYP with relativistic effective core potentials. The most stable electronic state of Pu4+ is of the planar C2v configuration. The Jahn-Teller distortions from the configurations Pu4+(Td) and Pu4+(D4h) exist. The analysis of the relationships among these various geometrical configurations, based on the Jahn-Teller effect, vibronic interaction and the resolution of group representations, is in agreement with the calculated results.