Combined bond-polarization basis sets for accurate determination of dissociation energies. II. Basis set superposition error as a function of the parent basis set

1989 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 875-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. L. Martin ◽  
J. P. François ◽  
R. Gijbels
1989 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. L. Martin ◽  
J. P. Fran�ois ◽  
R. Gijbels

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo Carmona ◽  
Pablo Jaque ◽  
Esteban Vöhringer-Martinez

<div><div><div><p>Peroxides play a central role in many chemical and biological pro- cesses such as the Fenton reaction. The relevance of these compounds lies in the low stability of the O–O bond which upon dissociation results in radical species able to initiate various chemical or biological processes. In this work, a set of 64 DFT functional-basis set combinations has been validated in terms of their capability to describe bond dissociation energies (BDE) for the O–O bond in a database of 14 ROOH peroxides for which experimental values ofBDE are available. Moreover, the electronic contributions to the BDE were obtained for four of the peroxides and the anion H2O2− at the CBS limit at CCSD(T) level with Dunning’s basis sets up to triple–ζ quality provid- ing a reference value for the hydrogen peroxide anion as a model. Almost all the functionals considered here yielded mean absolute deviations around 5.0 kcal mol−1. The smallest values were observed for the ωB97 family and the Minnesota M11 functional with a marked basis set dependence. Despite the mean deviation, order relations among BDE experimental values of peroxides were also considered. The ωB97 family was able to reproduce the relations correctly whereas other functionals presented a marked dependence on the chemical nature of the R group. Interestingly, M11 functional did not show a very good agreement with the established order despite its good performance in the mean error. The obtained results support the use of similar validation strategies for proper prediction of BDE or other molecular properties by DF Tmethods in subsequent related studies.</p></div></div></div>


2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Ghiasi ◽  
Morteza Zaman Fashami ◽  
Amir Hossein Hakimioun

In this work, the interaction of C 20 with N 2 X 2 ( X = H , F , Cl , Br , Me ) molecules has been explored using the B3LYP, M062x methods and 6-311G(d,p) and 6-311+G(d,p) basis sets. The interaction energies (IEs) obtained with standard method were corrected by basis set superposition error (BSSE) during the geometry optimization for all molecules at the same levels of theory. It was found C 20… N 2 H 2 interaction is stronger than the interaction of other N 2 X 2 ( X = F , Cl , Br , Me ) with C 20. Highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (HOMO and LUMO, respectively) levels are illustrated by density of states spectra (DOS). The nucleus-independent chemical shifts (NICSs) confirm that C 20… N 2 X 2 molecules exhibit aromatic characteristics. Geometries obtained from DFT calculations were used to perform NBO analysis. Also, 14 N NQR parameters of the C 20… N 2 X 2 molecules are predicted.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (21) ◽  
pp. 5174
Author(s):  
Frederick Stein ◽  
Jürg Hutter ◽  
Vladimir V. Rybkin

Intermolecular interactions play an important role for the understanding of catalysis, biochemistry and pharmacy. Double-hybrid density functionals (DHDFs) combine the proper treatment of short-range interactions of common density functionals with the correct description of long-range interactions of wave-function correlation methods. Up to now, there are only a few benchmark studies available examining the performance of DHDFs in condensed phase. We studied the performance of a small but diverse selection of DHDFs implemented within Gaussian and plane waves formalism on cohesive energies of four representative dispersion interaction dominated crystal structures. We found that the PWRB95 and ωB97X-2 functionals provide an excellent description of long-ranged interactions in solids. In addition, we identified numerical issues due to the extreme grid dependence of the underlying density functional for PWRB95. The basis set superposition error (BSSE) and convergence with respect to the super cell size are discussed for two different large basis sets.


2008 ◽  
Vol 07 (05) ◽  
pp. 943-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAO-HONG LI ◽  
ZHENG-XIN TANG ◽  
ABRAHAM F. JALBOUT ◽  
XIAN-ZHOU ZHANG ◽  
XIN-LU CHENG

Quantum chemical calculations are used to estimate the bond dissociation energies (BDEs) for 15 thiol compounds. These compounds are studied by employing the hybrid density functional theory (B3LYP, B3PW91, B3P86, PBE0) methods and the complete basis set (CBS-Q) method together with 6-311G** basis set. It is demonstrated that B3P86 and CBS-Q methods are accurate for computing the reliable BDEs for thiol compounds. In order to test whether the non-local BLYP method suggested by Fu et al.19 is general for our study and whether B3P86 method has a low basis set sensitivity, the BDEs for seven thiol compounds are also calculated using BLYP/6-31+G* and B3P86 method with 6-31+G*, 6-31+G**, and 6-311+G** basis sets for comparison. The obtained results are compared with the available experimental results. It is noted that B3P86 method is not sensitive to the basis set. Considering the inevitable computational cost of CBS-Q method and the reliability of the B3P86 calculations, B3P86 method with a moderate or a larger basis set may be more suitable to calculate the BDEs of the C–SH bond for thiol compounds.


1988 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 2214-2229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata M. Szczęśniak ◽  
Steve Scheiner

High-quality Gaussian basis sets of the well-tempered type, containing three sets of polarization functions on all atoms, are used to investigate the interaction of Li+ with HF, OH2, and NH3. These sets reproduce the SCF and MP2 energies of the various monomers very well and, moreover, accurately treat the multipole moments and polarizabilities of the monomers. When applied to the complexes, the sets are essentially free of primary and secondary basis set superposition error at the SCF level; MP2 extension effects are also completely negligible while basis set superposition effects are small but non-negligible. Analysis of the correlation corrections to the molecular properties, coupled with comparison of the interaction of the bases with a point charge, provides a straightforward explanation of correlation contributions to the interaction energy. Recommendations are provided to guide selection of basis sets for molecular interactions so as to avoid distortion of the various components.


1998 ◽  
Vol 53 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 896-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Fleischhauer ◽  
Gerhard Raabe ◽  
A. G. Santos ◽  
Jan Schiffer ◽  
Axel Wollmer

Abstract The absolute configurations of both 1,5-diaza-c/s-decalin enantiomers were determined by com-parison of measured and calculated CD spectra.CD spectra for both enantiomers were recorded. Theoretical CD spectra for one of the isomers were calculated by means of the semiempirical CNDO/2S method. Eight local minima on the energy hypersurface of the title compound were used to describe the conformer equilibrium mixture. The geometries of these conformers were calculated employing one-determinant ab initio calculations using the split valence 6-31G* basis set. Boltzmann factors were then obtained using relative energies calculated with three different basis sets and including correlation(MP2)-and zero point vibrational energy.Comparing the sign of the observed and calculated longest wavelength Cotton effect, we assign an absolute configuration to the compound. This assignment was verified by means of X-ray structure determination of one of the enantiomers’ α-methoxy-α-trifluoromethylphenyl aceticacid (MTPA, Mosher’s reagent) derivative.


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