The performance of a variety of high-level composite procedures, as well as lower-cost density functional theory (DFT)- and second-order perturbation theory (MP2)-based methods, for the prediction of absolute and relative R-X bond dissociation energies (BDEs) was examined for R = Me, Et, i-Pr and t-Bu, and X = H, CH(3), OCH(3), OH and F. The methods considered include the high-level G3(MP2)-RAD...

A simplified approach to treating the electron correlation energy is suggested in which only the alpha-beta component of the second order Møller-Plesset energy is evaluated, and then scaled by an empirical factor which is suggested to be 1.3. This scaled opposite-spin second order energy (SOS-MP2), where MP2 is Møller-Plesset theory, yields results for relative energies and derivative propertie...

In this work, we incorporate the resolution-of-the-identity (RI) approximation into the theoretical framework of the local triatomics-in-molecules (TRIM) second-order Møller-Plesset (MP2) perturbation theory model. The resultant model, RI-TRIM MP2, emerges as a robust fourth-order methodology that extends the regime of practical MP2 calculations. With RI-TRIM MP2, correlation energy corrections...

Moller-Plesset second-order (MP2) perturbation theory remains the least expensive standard ab initio method that includes electron correlation, scaling as O(N5) with the number of molecular orbitals N. Unfortunately, when restricted Hartree-Fock orbitals are employed, the potential energy curves calculated with this method are of little use at large interatomic separations because of the diverg...

We show that the often unsatisfactory performance of Møller-Plesset second-order perturbation theory (MP2) for the dispersion interaction between closed-shell molecules can be rectified by adding a correction Delta C(n)/R(n), to its long-range behavior. The dispersion-corrected MP2 (MP2 + Delta vdW) results are in excellent agreement with the quantum chemistry "gold standard" [coupled cluster t...

We present a new algorithm for analytical gradient evaluation in resolution-of-the-identity second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (RI-MP2) and thoroughly assess its computational performance and chemical accuracy. This algorithm addresses the potential I/O bottlenecks associated with disk-based storage and access of the RI-MP2 t-amplitudes by utilizing a semi-direct batching approach ...

Machine-learned potential energy surfaces (PESs) for molecules with more than 10 atoms are typically forced to use lower-level electronic structure methods such as density functional theory and second-order Moller-Plesset perturbation (MP2). While these efficient realistic, they fall short of the accuracy ``gold standard'' coupled-cluster method, especially respect reaction isomerization barrie...

To characterize neutralizing mimotopes, phages were selected from a 12-mer phage display library using three anti-porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) neutralizing monoclonal antibodies: (1) A1; (2) A2; and (3) A7. Of these, A2 and A7 recognize the mimotope, P2, which contains the SRHDHIH motif, which has conserved consensus sequences from amino acid positions 156 to 161 ...

Two modifications of Gaussian-4 (G4) theory [L. A. Curtiss et al., J. Chem. Phys. 126, 084108 (2007)] are presented in which second- and third-order perturbation theories are used in place of fourth-order perturbation theory. These two new methods are referred to as G4(MP2) and G4(MP3), respectively. Both methods have been assessed on the G3/05 test set of accurate experimental data. The averag...