scholarly journals Spin Exchange Coupling in Dimethoxo-Bridged Dichromium(III) Complexes: A Density Functional Theory Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 963-968 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianghai Sheng ◽  
Lee Thompson ◽  
Hrant Hratchian

This work evaluates the quality of exchange coupling constant and spin crossover gap calculations using density functional theory corrected by the Approximate Projection model. Results show that improvements using the Approximate Projection model range from modest to significant. This study demonstrates that, at least for the class of systems examined here, spin-projection generally improves the quality of density functional theory calculations of J-coupling constants and spin crossover gaps. Furthermore, it is shown that spin-projection can be important for both geometry optimization and energy evaluations. The Approximate Project model provides an affordable and practical approach for effectively correcting spin-contamination errors in molecular exchange coupling constant and spin crossover gap calculations.


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