Ab-Initio and PCILO Calculations of Diamond Clusters and the Corresponding Saturated Hydrocarbons

1978 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 358-365
Author(s):  
H. P. Waschi ◽  
H. Stoll ◽  
H. Preuß
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Total Energy ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Closed Shell ◽  
Force Constants ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Saturated Hydrocarbons ◽  
Bond Lengths ◽  
Hartree Fock

AbstractClosed-shell diamond clusters and saturated hydrocarbons are investigated with PCILO and ab-initio Hartree-Fock using very small basis sets. The ab-initio distances for the C-C bonds differ by 5% or less, the PCILO distances by 2 to 2.5% from experimental data. The dependence of bond lengths and force constants on the cluster construction is studied. For selected molecules the effect of intermolecular rotations on the total energy is considered.

Nitrosyl cyanide and related aspects of the ONCN potential surface

1978 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 2349 ◽  
Author(s):  
BG Gowenlock ◽  
L Radom
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Potential Surface ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Split Valence ◽  
Good Agreement

Ab initio molecular orbital calculations using the restricted Hartree-Fock approach have been carried out for nitrosyl cyanide and related species on the ONCN potential surface. Full geometry optimizations have been performed with the minimal STO-3G and split-valence 4-31G basis sets. Calculated (4-31G) geometries are in good agreement with available experimental data as are the energy changes in the reactions ONCN → NO + CN and NO + CN → N2 + CO. Possible mechanisms are discussed.

scholarly journals AB INITIO STUDY ON OPTIMIZATION OF BISPHENOL A AND PHOSGENE TO MANUFACTURE POLYCARBONATE

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 995-998
Author(s):  
BAHTIYAR A. MAMEDOV ◽  
ELIF SOMUNCU ◽  
EBRU KARATAS
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Bisphenol A ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Geometric Optimization ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Ab Initio Study ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Design Materials

Geometric optimization is played an important to manufacture and design materials in many implementations. Therefore the choice of optimization method is of considerable significance to easily solve the problems. In this work, the ground state geometries for bisphenol A and phosgene that manufacture polycarbonate have been optimized using the Hartree-Fock method with different basis sets. The optimization results for bisphenol A and phosgene are compared with theoretical and experimental data. The obtained optimizations results have been shown that our data are in agreement with the literature and experimental data.

Polaronic and Bipolaronic Enhancement of Second Hyperpolarizabilities in Dithienyl Polyenes from Ab Initio Quantum Methods

1999 ◽  
Vol 597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Trohalaki ◽  
Robert J. Zellmer ◽  
Ruth Pachter
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Valence Bond ◽  
Closed Shell ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Molecular Conformations ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Molecular Charge ◽  
Field Methodology ◽  
Moller Plesset

AbstractSpangler and He [1,2] have shown that dithienyl polyenes form extremely stable bipolaronic dications when oxidatively doped in solution. Previous theoretical studies applied empirical methods to predict bipolaronic enhancement of hyperpolarizabilities for simple polyenes [3,4]. Here, we employ density functional theory to optimize the gas-phase molecular conformations of neutral, cationic, and dicationic forms of a series of dithienyl polyenes, where the number of ethene units, N, is varied from 1–5. Ab initio Hartree-Fock, generalized valence bond, configuration interaction, and Møller-Plesset calculations demonstrate that the dications are farily well described with a closed shell and therefore have little biradicaloid character. Second hyperpolarizabilities, γ, are subsequently calculated using ab initio Hartree-Fock theory and a finite field methodology. As expected, γ increases with the number of ethene units for a given molecular charge. The cations also show the largest increase in γ with N. For a given value of N, the cations display the largest γ values. However, if we treat the dication as a triplet, which might be present in solution, then it displays the largest γ.

scholarly journals THE METHOD OF INCREMENTS — A WAVEFUNCTION-BASED AB-INITIO CORRELATION METHOD FOR SOLIDS

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (13n14) ◽  
pp. 2204-2214 ◽  
Author(s):  
BEATE PAULUS
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Infinite System ◽  
Correlation Energy ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
The Many ◽  
Good Agreement

The method of increments is a wavefunction-based ab initio correlation method for solids, which explicitly calculates the many-body wavefunction of the system. After a Hartree-Fock treatment of the infinite system the correlation energy of the solid is expanded in terms of localised orbitals or of a group of localised orbitals. The method of increments has been applied to a great variety of materials with a band gap, but in this paper the extension to metals is described. The application to solid mercury is presented, where we achieve very good agreement of the calculated ground-state properties with the experimental data.

scholarly journals QM AND AB INITIO INVESTIGATION ON THE HYDROGEN BONDING, NMR CHEMICAL SHIFTS AND SOLVENT EFFECTS ON THE DPPE

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-272
Author(s):  
M. Monajjemi ◽  
A. Nouri ◽  
H. Monajemi
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Atomic Orbital ◽  
Theoretical Data ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Stable Complex ◽  
Head Group ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Zwitterionic Form

The hydrogen bonding effects that were produced from interaction of membrane lipid dipalmitoylphosphatidyl-ethanolamine (DPPE) with 1-5 water molecules, has been theoretically  investigated through the quantum mechanical calculations at the Hartree-Fock level of theory and the 3-21G, 6-31G and 6-31G* basis sets with the computational package of Gaussian 98. According to the obtained results of the structural optimization of the isolated DPPE in the gas phase, we can see the evidences of interactions in the head group of this macromolecule (from the molecular point of view we have a proton transfer from the ammonium group to the phosphate oxygen of zwitterionic form. As we know that the hydrogen bonding of DPPE with water molecules which have surrounded its head group plays an important role in the permeability of DPPE. So, in order to understand the microscopic physico-chemical nature of this subject we have analyzed bond and torsion angles of DPPE before and after added water molecules.  In this paper we have theoretically studied the complexes DPPE with water molecules which have surrounded its head group. As mentioned before, this theoretically study has been done through Hartree-Fock level of theory by using simple basis sets. Theoretical data shows that the interaction of head group of DPPE with water molecules causes some changes in the geometry of DPPE which were explained by the contribution of zwitterionic form of DPPE macromolecule, and finally hydrated DPPE becomes stable complex. Comparison between theoretical and experimental geometry data of DPPE macromolecule shows that the calculation at the HF/3-21 level of theory produces results which they are in better agreement with the experimental data. Moreover the hydrogen bonding effects on the NMR shielding tensor of selected atoms in the hydrated complexes of DPPE were reported. The ";Gauge Including Atomic Orbitals"; (GIAO) approaches within the SCF-Hartree-Fock approximation have been used in order to investigate the influence of hydrogen bonding of DPPE-water complex on the shielding tensors. Finally, the solvent affects on the stability of DPPE macromolecule, dipole moment and atomic charge of some selected atoms of DPPE molecule was discussed using Onsager model and Merz-Singh-Kolman schema.   Keywords  : Gauge Including Atomic Orbital, DPPE, hydrogen bonding, solvation, quantum mechanics, ab initio

The Future

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Tossell ◽  
David J. Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Force Fields ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Bond Lengths ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Qualitative Level ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

In this final chapter, an attempt is made to provide an overview of the capabilities of quantum-mechanical methods at the present time, and to highlight the needs for future development and possible future applications of these methods, particularly in areas related to mineral structures, energetics, and spectroscopy. There is also a brief account of some new areas of application, specific directions for future research, and possible developments in the perception and use of quantum-mechanical approaches. The book ends with an epilog on the overall role of “theoretical geochemistry” in the earth and environmental sciences. The local structural characteristics of minerals such as Mg2SiO4, which contain only main-group elements, are reasonably well reproduced by ab initio Hartree-Fock-Roothaan (SCF) cluster calculations at the mediumbasis- set level. Calculations incorporating configuration interaction will inevitably follow and probably lead to somewhat better agreement with experiment. The most pressing needs in this area of study are for the development of systematic procedures for cluster selection and embedding, for a greater understanding of the results at a qualitative level, and for more widespread efficient application of the quantum-chemical results currently available. In the last area, substantial progress has already been made by Lasaga and Gibbs (1987), Sanders et al. (1984), Tsuneyuki et al. (1988), and others, who have used ab initio calculations to generate theoretical force fields which can then be used in molecular-dynamics simulations. If the characteristics of the resultant force fields can be understood at a first-principles level, then it may be possible to understand details of the simulated structures at the same level. Unfortunately, as regards a greater qualitative understanding of the quantum-mechanical calculations, little progress has been made. Rather old qualitative theories describe some aspects of bond-angle variation (Tossell, 1986), but no general model to interpret variations in bond lengths has been developed within either chemistry or geochemistry beyond the model of additive atomic (Slater) or ionic (Shannon and Prewitt) radii. Indeed, global theories of bond-length variations within an ab initio framework seem to be nonexistent. Nonetheless, quantum-chemical studies have shown the presence of intriguing systematics in bond lengths (Gibbs et al., 1987), which had been already noted empirically.

The structure and energetics of low-lying states of RCO and RNN free radicals

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 863-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Colin Baird ◽  
Harish B. Kathpal
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Free Radicals ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Open Shell ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Mo Calculations ◽  
Decomposition Products ◽  
Ab Initio Mo Calculations

The important geometrical variables in the structures of the lowest 2A′ and 2A′′ states of the free radicals HCO, CH3CO, NH2CO, HNN, and CH3NN have been determined by ab initio MO calculations using the STO-3G basis set. The energy differences between the states, and the energies of the radicals relative to their decomposition products and relative to their hydrogen atom addition products, are reported using both STO-3G and 4-31G basis sets in the restricted open-shell calculations. The trends in these results and their relation to available experimental data are discussed.

The Smallest “Aurophilic Species”

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 388-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael J. F. Berger
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Species ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Relativistic Effects ◽  
Closed Shell ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Ab Initio Methods ◽  
Relativistic Treatment ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Formation Energies

The existence of the C2v symmetric closed-shell di[gold(I)]hydronium cation [Au2H]+ (1), is predicted. It is shown that 1 is the smallest possible molecular species containing aurophilic contacts. Equilibrium structural parameters, vibrational frequencies and formation energies of 1 from Au+ and AuH, have been calculated, employing a series of highly correlated but available standard relativistic ab initio methods up to CCSD(T) level of theory and all-electron basis sets of quadruple-ζ quality with double polarizations. Relativistic effects have been taken into account by employing pseudorelativistic electron core potentials (ECP) or a scalar relativistic treatment using a Douglas-Kroll-Heß Hamiltonian of 2nd, 3rd and 4th order (DKH2, DKH3, DKH4).

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