The simplified ab initio method calculation of linear polarizability

1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 921 ◽  
Author(s):  
RD Brown ◽  
GR Williams

The simplified ab-initio molecular-orbital method described previously is particularly suited to the calculation of polarizabilities by the non-perturbative coupled Hartree-Fock technique. Trial calculations on CO and HF, for which comparison with corresponding ab-initio calculations is possible, show that the method gives an adequate numerical performance. Minimal basis set calculations in general tend to give values that are considerably too low because of inadequate flexibility of the basis and this is the origin of the large discrepancy between theory and experiment, especially for small molecules. ��� Results are also reported for N2O and O3. For these larger systems the SAI results with minimal basis sets are noticeably nearer experimental values. The polarizability anisotropy for N2O is particularly well reproduced by the SAI method. �

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 1845-1856 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Sullivan ◽  
Aiying Wang ◽  
Mei-Shiow Cheng ◽  
J. R. Durig

The Raman spectra (3200–50 cm−1) of gaseous, liquid, and solid 2-chloropropane-d3 (isopropyl-d3 chloride), CH3(CD3)CHCl, and the infrared spectra (3200–50 cm−1) of the gas and solid have been recorded. The torsional transitions observed in the far infrared spectrum of the gaseous sample recorded at a resolution of 0.10 cm−1 between 265 and 135 cm−1 were analyzed in terms of the semirigid rotor model. An effective barrier of 1378 ± 4 cm−1 (3.94 ± 0.01 kcal/mol), cosine–cosine coupling term of 166 ± 10 cm−1 (0.47 ± 0.03 kcal/mol), and sine–sine coupling term of −173 ± 1 cm−1 (−0.49 ± 0.01 kcal/mol) were determined by fitting ten observed frequencies arising from the CH3 and CD3 torsions. The assignment of the 27 fundamentals is given and discussed. A complete equilibrium geometry, barrier to internal rotation, and vibrational frequencies have been determined by ab initio Hartree–Fock gradient calculations employing either 3-21G* or 6-31G* basis sets for both the d0 and d3 species. These calculated results are compared to the experimental values as well as to the corresponding quantities for some similar molecules. Key words: 2-chloropropane, vibrational spectrum; ab initio calculations; barrier to internal rotation.


1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 495-498
Author(s):  
V. Renugopalakrishnan ◽  
R. Walter

An ab initio molecular orbital technique was used to investigate the rotational barrier about the disulphide bridge in dimethyl disulphide. Various minimal and extended basis sets were used in the calculations. The chosen minimal basis set was the STO-3G set, and the extended basis sets were the STO 4-31G set, the Dunning and Hay set consisting of contracted Gaussian basis sets: [2s], [3s, 2p] and [6s, 4p] for H, C, and S atoms, and the Dunning and Hay basis set augmented with a d-type function on S atoms. The total energy was calculated as a function of the torsion angle about the disulphide bond. The barrier to rotation about this bond was found to be two-fold in nature, in accordance with previous findings. The heights of the barriers were observed to depend upon the basis set and input geometry. For our particular choice of basis sets and input geometry, the calculated value of the eis and trans barriers ranged from 12.68 to 16.49 kcal/mol and from 6.23 to 8 kcal/mol, respectively. Inclusion of a d-type function in the basis sets was found to result in better agreement between the calculated and experimental values, thereby emphasizing the need for considering 3d orbitals of sulphur in MO calculations


1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 1000-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Ellis ◽  
Edward G. Livingstone ◽  
Nicholas P. C. Westwood

Ab initio calculating at the 3-21G, 6-31G*, 6-31G**, 6-311G*, and 6-311G** Hartree–Fock levels, have been performed on the unknown H2BNCO and F2BNCO molecules in order to establish the geometries of these isoelectronic propadienone analogues. For H2BNCO the double split valence basis sets lead to linear BNCO chains, whereas either a triple split valence basis set, or the inclusion of correlation to second order (MP2/6-31G*) gives trans-bent structures. These have angles at nitrogen of 153.6° (6-311G*) or 149.9° (MP2/6-31G*), with the potential surface for angle bending extremely flat, and 0.5 kJ mol−1 (6-311 G*) or 1.12 kJ mol−1 (MP2/6-31 G*) separating the C2v and Cs structures. For the bent structures there is a small trans-bend (4–6°) at the carbon atom. The F2BNCO molecule is also linear at the 3-21G level, but is, however, already trans-bent (145.6° at nitrogen, 175.9° at carbon) at the 6-31G* Hartree–Fock level; 1.47 kJ mol−1 separates the bent and linear structures. The triple split valence basis set 6-311G* leads to a further decrease in the angle at nitrogen (141.0°), and a similar NCO angle (175.9°), with the bent structure favoured by 3.85 kJ mol−1. MP2/6-31G* calculations give a minimum with an angle at nitrogen of 140.2°, and a bent-linear energy difference of 3.58 kJ mol−1. Key words: ab initio calculations, isocyanatoboranes, structures, quasilinearity, propadienone analogues.


Author(s):  
Ricardo Gobato ◽  
Alireza Heidari ◽  
Lauro Figueroa Valverde ◽  
Abhijit Mitra

The core of the work is based on the replacement of carbon atoms by silicon atoms, on the basis of four standard bases of DNA: A, C, G and T (adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine). Determining with minimum computational methods via ab initio Hartree-Fock methods, infrared spectrum and their peak absorbance frequencies. The option for simple replacement of carbon by silicon is due to the peculiar characteristics between both. Atomic interactions under non-carbon conditions were studied, with only the Hydrogen, Silicon, Nitrogen and Oxygen atoms, in CNTP, for the four standard bases of DNA, A, C, G and T, thus obtaining by quantum chemistry four new compounds, named here as: ASi, CSi, GSi and TSi. Computational calculations admit the possibility of the formation of such molecules, their existence being possible via quantum chemistry. Calculations obtained in the ab initio Unrestricted and Restrict Hartree-Fock method, (UHF and RHF) in the set of basis used Effective core potential (ECP) minimal basis, UHF CEP-31G (ECP split valance) and UHF CEP-121G (ECP triple-split basis), CC-pVTZ (Correlation-consistent valence-only basis sets triple-zeta) and 6-311G**(3df, 3pd) (Gaussian functions quadruple-zeta basis sets).


2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanggara Sudrajat ◽  
Ria Armunanto

Molecular structures were optimized for the calix[4]arene by ab initio method at the Hartree-Fock level of theory using LANL2DZ and 6-311G basis sets. Conformational equilibrium of four calix[4]arene conformers are reported. The results are compared with experiment, force field, and semiempirical molecular orbital calculations. General trends in relative stabilities of calix[4]arene decrease in following order: cone > partial-cone > 1,2-alternate > 1,3-alternate. The most stable conformer is the cone conformer that is stabilized by an array of four hydrogen bonds and these results agree with the reported experimental observations. All structures were analyzed using theoretical IR, UV-Vis, and 1H NMR spectra attributed to the conformational equilibrium at the Hartree-Fock level of theory using LANL2DZ basis set.     Keywords: ab initio calculation, calix[4]arene, conformations, cone


2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Juan Liu ◽  
Ji-Kang Feng ◽  
Ai-Min Ren ◽  
Xin Zhou ◽  
Hong Cheng

The absorption and emission spectra for a series of substituted 1,3-diphenyl-5-pyrene-2-yl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole (DPPyP) molecules are computed by TDDFT methods. The solvent effect is modeled using the self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) method with Tomasi's polarized continuum model (PCM). The ground-state geometries were optimized by the Hartree–Fock method with the 6-31G basis set (and also with 3-21G* for molecule A) (HF/6-31G), and the lowest singlet excited-state geometries were optimized at the ab initio CIS level with the 6-31G basis set (CIS/6-31G). The calculated results indicate that the TDDFT method can reproduce the experimental values. We consider the effects of different basis sets on the optimization of the ground-state geometries. Specially, some insights on the differences observed for these compounds in changing the substituted donors (H, CH3, and NH2) and acceptor group (CN) are given; the results indicate that introduction of the donor groups will lead emission to be red-shifted, while introduction of the acceptor will induce the emission to be blue-shifted, which provides useful information for modulating light-emitting material colors.Key words: absorption and emission, TDDFT, CIS, SCRF–PCM.


1998 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 1223-1235
Author(s):  
Inge Warttmann ◽  
Günter Häfelinger

AbstractAb initio Hartree-Fock (HF) and density functional (DFT) optimizations on the test m olecule osmiumtetracarbonyldihydride (13) with various basis sets show that the lanl2mb pseudopotential basis set for osmium leads in the HF approximation to more reliable molecular geometries than the DFT calculations. This HF procedure was used for the optimizations of molecular geometries of three isomeric 4,4,4,4,17,17,17,17-octacarbonyl-4,17-diosma[7.7]ortho-, meta- and paracyclophanes 1 to 3, of which 3 was found to be predestined for formation of various host-guest complexes with possible guests benzene (4), fluorobenzene (5), 1,3,5- trifluorobenzene (6), 1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene (7), hexafluorobenzene (8), fluoroanil (9), tetrafluoroethene (10), tetracyanoethene (11) and aniline (12). Results of optimized hostguest geometries are presented graphically for inclusions and associations of guest 4 to 12 with 3. Calculated lanl2mb interaction energies, after correction for basis set superposition error (BSSE), remain favourable only for inclusion of 5 and associations of 5, 10, 11 and 12. Additionally lanl2dz single point calculations for inclusion, which may not need BSSE correction because of the improved basis set, are favourable for 6 and 12. According to lanl2mb HOMO and LUMO energies, 3 may as well easily donate or accept electrons. This may be an interpretation to the surprising effect, that Mulliken total charges are positive on the electron accepting guest molecules 4 to 11. There are geometrical peculiarities in the optimized host-guest complexes for inclusion and association. Fluorine atoms of 5 to 10 and nitrogen atoms of a cyano group of 11 and the amino group of 12 like to come close to one or two carbonyl groups. Similar distances of 2.70 Å to 3.57 Å between the O atom of the carbonyl group and the F atom or N atom appear in all optimizations of inclusion and association of 5 to 12 except in the case of association of tetrafluoroethene (10).


1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 1751-1763 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Durig ◽  
T.G. Costner ◽  
T.S. Little

The Raman (3200−10 cm−1) and infrared (3200−20 cm−1) spectra of gaseous and solid cis-1,3-dichloropropene, cis-ClHC=CHCH2Cl, have been recorded. Additionally, the Raman spectrum of the liquid with qualitative depolarization data has also been obtained. These spectral data have been interpreted on the basis that the molecule exists predominantly in the gauche (allylic chlorine atom oriented gauche to the double bond) conformation in all physical phases. Some bands in the infrared spectrum of the gas could be due to a second higher energy conformer but the lack of corresponding Raman bands casts doubt on such an assignment. Ab initio Hartree–Fock gradient calculations employing the RHF/6-31G* basis set are consistent with two minima that correspond to the two equivalent gauche forms for the potential surface for the internal rotation about the C—C bond. These minima occur at dihedral angles, [Formula: see text] ClCCC, of 122° and 238° (0° corresponds to the syn conformation) and the gauche to gauche barrier at the 180° transition state, which corresponds to the anti structure, is 342 cm−1. The barrier from the gauche minima to the syn (0°) structure, which is also a transition state, is 2425 cm−1. Complete equilibrium geometries for the gauche structure have been determined with the RHF/3-21G*, RHF/6-31G*, and MP2/6-31G* basis sets. A normal coordinate analysis utilizing a harmonic force field calculation with the RHF/3-21G* basis set has been carried out for the gauche conformer. The results are discussed and compared with the corresponding quantities obtained for some similar molecules.


1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 835 ◽  
Author(s):  
NV Riggs ◽  
L Radom

Optimization of the geometry of cyanamide with the 3-21G basis set leads to a planar (C2v) structure, whereas the STO-3G, 6-31G* and 6- 31G** basis sets lead to a pyramidal structure at the amido -nitrogen atom. The 6-31G* and 6-31G** geometries are reasonably close to the experimental geometry, and the calculated barriers to inversion (4.5 and 3.4 kJ mol-1, respectively) are also close to experimental values (5.4-5.6 kJ mol-1), but the STO-3G value (13.9 kJ mol-1) is much too high. Dicyanamide is far from planar at the STO-3G level but planar at the more definitive 6-31G* level, whereas tricyanamide is planar even at the STO-3G level. The prediction is that, in contrast to cyanamide itself, dicyanamide and tricyanamide are planar molecules. Calculated increases in N-C bond-lengths and decreases in C≡N bond-lengths for dicyanamide and tricyanamide as compared with the planar form of cyanamide are used to predict experimental lengths for these bonds in di - and tri- cyanamide.


2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delano P. Chong

The equilibrium bond lengths of 41 small molecules are calculated by Gaussian09 and ADF2013 programs. We use five different basis sets: 6-31G*, cc-pVDZ, 6-311G+(2d,p), cc-pVTZ, and cc-pVQZ, for six different methods: Hartree-Fock, MP2, MP3, CCSD, CCSD(T), and B3LYP. The reliability of each level of theory on 89 bond lengths compared with CCSD(T)/cc-pVQZ is examined in terms of the mean absolute deviation. In particular, basis set dependence of the relative reliability of the two popular methods MP2 versus B3LYP is important to computational chemists. In addition, the efficient even-tempered basis set of Slater-type orbital called et-pVQZ, available in the ADF2013 program, is tested with the popular density functional B3LYP.


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