We present the theory and implementation for computing the (free) energy and its analytical gradients with the Brueckner doubles (BD) coupled cluster method in solution, in combination with the polarizable continuum model of solvation (PCM). The complete model, called PTED, and an efficient approximation, called PTE, are introduced and tested with numerical examples. Implementation details are ...

Quantum chemical calculations have been carried out to investigate the thermochemistry of BrHg• forming bonds with atmospherically abundant radicals Y• (Y = NO2, HO2, ClO, BrO, or IO). The coupled cluster method with single and double excitations (CCSD), combining with relativistic effective core potentials, is used to determine the equilibrium geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies of...

Benchmark full configuration interaction and equation-of-motion coupled-cluster model with single and double substitutions for ionized systems (EOM-IP-CCSD) results are presented for prototypical charge transfer species. EOM-IP-CCSD describes these doublet systems based on the closed-shell reference and thus avoids the doublet instability problem. The studied quantities are associated with the ...

A new set of i-TTM potential energy functions describing the interactions between alkali metal ions and water molecules is reported. Following our previous study on halide ion-water interactions [J. Phys. Chem. B, 2016, 120, 1822], the new i-TTM potentials are derived from fits to CCSD(T) reference energies and, by construction, are compatible with the MB-pol many-body potential, which has been...

Three major conformations of H(2)S-benzene dimer have been located with a variety of density functional theories (DFT) and second order Møller-Plesset perturbation (MP2). In line with an experiment, MP2 results indicate that the tilted C(s)-symmetry structure is a stable dimer, yet a C(2v)-symmetry structure is only a second-order saddle point. Although all of the examined DFT methods also pred...

A means of extrapolating from double and triple-valence basis sets to a complete basis set is examined in the context of the pnicogen bonds in the BH2P···NH3 complexes, with B = CH3, H, NH2, CF3, OH, Cl, F, and NO2. Binding energies converge smoothly, and the trends for the various substituents B are unaffected by the basis set size, extrapolation, or level of inclusion of electron correlation,...

Highly correlated ab initio methods are used for the spectroscopic characterization of ethyl mercaptan (CH3CH2 (32)SH, ETSH) and dimethyl sulfide (CH3 (32)SCH3, DMS), considering them on the vibrational ground and excited torsional states. Since both molecules show non-rigid properties, torsional energy barriers and splittings are provided. Equilibrium geometries and the corresponding rotationa...

In this work, we tested canonical and domain based pair natural orbital coupled cluster methods (CCSD(T) and DLPNO-CCSD(T), respectively) for a set of 32 ligand exchange and association/dissociation reaction enthalpies involving ionic complexes of Li, Be, Na, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Pb(ii). Two strategies were investigated: in the former, only valence electrons were included in the correlation treat...

BACKGROUND In the study of biomolecular structures and interactions the polar hydrogen-π bonds (Hp-π) are an extensive molecular interaction type. In proteins 11 of 20 natural amino acids and in DNA (or RNA) all four nucleic acids are involved in this type interaction. RESULTS The Hp-π in proteins are studied using high level QM method CCSD/6-311 + G(d,p) + H-Bq (ghost hydrogen basis function...