Accuracy Assessment of the ROHF-CCSD(T) Calculationsof Dipole Moments of Small Radicals

1998 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 1409-1430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Urban ◽  
Pavel Neogrády ◽  
Juraj Raab ◽  
Geerd H. F. Diercksen

Dipole moments of a series of radicals, OH, NO, NS, SF, SO, PO, ClO, CN, LiO, NO2, and ClO2 were calculated by the Coupled Cluster CCSD(T) method with the single determinant restricted open shell Hartree-Fock (ROHF) reference. For all molecules theoretical dipole moments were carefully compared to experimental values. The size and the quality of the basis set were systematically improved. Spin adaptation in the ROHF-CCSD(T) method, largest single and double excitation amplitudes and the T1 diagnostics were considered as indicators in the quality assessment of calculated dipole moments. For most molecules the accuracy within 0.01-0.03 D was readily obtained. For ClO and CN the spin adaptation was necessary - its contribution was as large as 0.03-0.045 D. Large deviation from experiment is observed for OH in its A2Σ+ excited state (0.135 D) and especially for LiO in its 2Π ground state (0.22 D). No indication of the failure of theoretical calculations was found which leads to the conclusion that, even if there is still a space for the improvement of theoretical calculations, experimental values should be reconsidered.


2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 301-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feride Akman ◽  
Nevin Çankaya

Purpose This paper aims to synthesise and characterise N-cyclohexylmethacrylamide (NCMA) monomer which contains thermosensitive group. The characterisation of monomer was performed both theoretically and experimentally. Design/methodology/approach The monomer was prepared by reacting cyclohexylamine with methacryloyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine at room temperature. The synthesised monomer was characterised by using not only Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Hartree–Fock (HF) with the Gaussian 09 software but also fourier transform infrared (FT–IR), 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Findings Both the experimental and the theoretical methods demonstrated that the monomer was successfully synthesised. The vibrational frequencies, the molecular structural geometry, such as optimised geometric bond angles, bond lengths and the Mulliken atomic charges of NCMA were investigated by using DFT/B3LYP and HF methods with the 3-21G* basis set. The experimental results were compared with theoretical values. The results revealed that the calculated frequencies were in good accord with the experimental values. Besides, frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs) and molecular electrostatic potential of NCMA were investigated by theoretical calculations at the B3LYP/3–21G* basis set. Research limitations/implications Monomer and polymer containing a thermosensitive functional group have attracted great interest from both industrial and academic fields. Their characterisation can provide great opportunities for polymer science by using DFT and HF methods. Originality/value The monomer containing a thermosensitive functional group and a various polymer may be prepared by using DFT and HF methods described in this paper. The calculated data are greatly important to provide insight into molecular analysis and then used in technological applications.



Author(s):  
Jochen Autschbach

‘This chapter sketches how the electron correlation is treated in post-Hartree-Fock (HF) wavefunction methods. The distinction between static and dynamic correlation is explained. A configuration interaction (CI) wavefunction is a linear combination of several or many Slater determinants (SDs). Following a HF calculation, different SDs can be constructed by replacing 1, 2, 3, … occupied orbitals in the HF wavefunction with 1, 2, 3,… unoccupied or virtual orbitals, leading to pseudo-excited electron configurations at the singles, doubles, triples, … (S, D, T, …) level. The virtual orbitals are usually available as a by-product of the HF calculation in a basis set. Full CI (FCI) considers all possible substitutions, up to N-fold for an N-electron system. FCI is impractical for all but the smallest molecules. CI truncated at a lower level, e.g. S and D, suffers from lack of size extensitivity. Truncated coupled-cluster (CC) is size extensive. Open-shell systems generally require a multi-reference treatment. The chapter concludes with a treatment of the static correlation in the bond breaking of H2.



2005 ◽  
Vol 04 (spec01) ◽  
pp. 707-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
BERHANE TEMELSO ◽  
NANCY A. RICHARDSON ◽  
LEVENT SARI ◽  
YUKIO YAMAGUCHI ◽  
HENRY F. SCHAEFER

The electronic ground state [Formula: see text] and first excited state (Ã2Σ+) of phosphaethyne cation (HCP+) have been systematically investigated using ab initio electronic structure theory. The total energies, geometries, rotational constants, dipole moments, harmonic vibrational frequencies, and parameters for Renner–Teller splittings were determined using self-consistent-field (SCF), configuration interaction with single and double excitations (CISD), coupled cluster (CC) with single and double excitations (CCSD), CCSD with perturbative triple excitations [CCSD(T)], CC with single, double, and iterative partial triple excitations (CCSDT-3), and CC with single, double, and full triple excitations (CCSDT) methods and eight different basis sets. Some of the largest full triples coupled cluster computations to date are reported. Degenerate bending frequencies for the Ã2Σ+ state were determined using the equation-of-motion (EOM)-CCSD technique. The two states have been confirmed to have linear equilibrium structures. At the full CCSDT level of theory with the correlation-consistent polarized valence quadruple zeta (cc-pVQZ) basis set, the classical [Formula: see text] splitting ( T e value) is predicted to be 47.7 kcal/mol (2.07 eV, 16,700 cm-1) and the quantum mechanical splitting (T0 value) to be 48.1 kcal/mol (2.08 eV, 16,800 cm-1), which are in excellent agreement with the experimental values of T e = 47.77 kcal/mol (2.072 eV , 16,708 cm -1) and T0 = 47.94 kcal/mol (2.079 eV, 16,766 cm-1). The excitation energies predicted by the CCSDT-3 and CCSD(T) methods differ from the full triples CCSDT result by 0.38 and 0.45 kcal/mol, respectively. With the aug-cc-pVQZ CCSDT-3 method the Renner parameter and the averaged harmonic bending vibrational frequency are determined to be ∊= -0.0390 and [Formula: see text] for the ground state of HCP+, which are reasonably consistent with the experimental values of ∊=-0.0415 and [Formula: see text]. The predicted dipole moments are 1.30 Debye ([Formula: see text] state, polarity-hydrogen atom positive) and 0.06 Debye (Ã2Σ+ state, polarity-phosphorus atom positive).



1991 ◽  
Vol 182 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Gauss ◽  
Walter J. Lauderdale ◽  
John F. Stanton ◽  
John D. Watts ◽  
Rodney J. Bartlett


1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 1706-1712 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.C. Moule ◽  
L. Chantranupong ◽  
R.H. Judge ◽  
D.J. Clouthier

The energy levels of the lower valence and Rydberg states of selenoformaldehyde, CH2Se, have been calculated by the SCF/CI method. Wavefunctions for the ROHF (restricted open shell Hartree–Fock) states were obtained with the Binnings–Curtis double-ζ basis set, augmented with Rydberg and polarization functions. Configuration interaction was applied to the parent configurations, PCMO (parent configuration molecular orbital). Oscillator strengths were evaluated for the allowed electric dipole transitions by the RPA (random phase approximation), and SOPPA (second-order polarization propagator approximation) methods. The spin-orbit contribution to the zero field splitting of the first triplet state, 3A2(n,π*) as well as the oscillator strengths to the three spin components were calculated by perturbation theory. These calculations predict that the Sx, Sy, and Sz components are shifted by −96.091,−96.707, and + 29.167 cm−1, respectively, from their unperturbed position. The oscillator strengths for the three components fx, fy, and fz of the 3A2(n,π*) ← 1A1(g.s.) transition were calculated to be 3.45 × 10−7, 1.15 × 10−7, and 173.0 × 10−7.



1994 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. 3706-3716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Neogrády ◽  
Miroslav Urban ◽  
Ivan Hubac̆


Atoms ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Stéphane Carniato ◽  
Jean-Marc Bizau ◽  
Denis Cubaynes ◽  
Eugene T. Kennedy ◽  
Ségolène Guilbaud ◽  
...  

This article presents N2+ fragment yields following nitrogen K-shell photo-absorption in the NH+ molecular ion measured at the SOLEIL synchrotron radiation facility in the photon energy region 390–450 eV. The combination of the high sensitivity of the merged-beam, multi-analysis ion apparatus (MAIA) with the high spectral resolution of the PLEIADES beamline helped to resolve experimentally vibrational structures of highly excited [N1s−1H]*+ electronic states with closed or open-shell configurations. The assignment of the observed spectral features was achieved with the help of density functional theory (DFT) and post-Hartree Fock Multiconfiguration Self-Consistent-Field/Configuration Interaction (MCSCF/CI) ab-initio theoretical calculations of the N1s core-to-valence and core-to-Rydberg excitations, including vibrational dynamics. New resonances were identified compared to previous work, owing to detailed molecular modeling of the vibrational, spin-orbit coupling and metastable state effects on the spectra. The latter are evidenced by spectral contributions from the 4Σ− electronic state which lies 0.07 eV above the NH+2Π ground state.



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