The performance of the density functional theory (DFT)-based effective fragment potential (EFP) method is assessed using the S(N)2 reaction: Cl- + nH2O + CH3Br = CH3Cl + Br- + nH2O. The effect of the systematic addition of water molecules on the structures and relative energies of all species involved in the reaction has been studied. The EFP1 method is compared with second-order perturbation t...

The infrared spectra of 1-methylthymine (1-MeT) in argon and nitrogen cryogenic matrices are presented, for the first time. The molecular structure, conformations, vibrational frequencies, infrared intensities and Raman scattering activities of 1-MeT have been calculated by the DFT(B3LYP), MP2 and HF methods using the D95V** basis set. The theoretically predicted intensity pattern of the IR and...

Analytic first derivative expression of opposite-spin (OS) ansatz adapted quartic scaling doubly hybrid XYGJ-OS functional is derived and implemented into Q-Chem. The resulting algorithm scales quartically with system size as in OS-MP2 gradient, by utilizing the combination of Laplace transformation and density fitting technique. The performance of XYGJ-OS geometry optimization is assessed by c...

The armaticity of 5 methylcytosine tautomers in the gas phase has been studied and the chemical structures of related tautomers are investigated . The electronic energy, enthalpy and free energy of each tautomer are also estimated at the B3LYP/6-31 G* // B3LYP/6-31 G* and MP2 / 6-31 G* // MP2 / 6-31 G* Levels

Vibrational analysis of tellurium tetrachloride, TeCl , was 4 Ž . performed with Hartree]Fock HF , MP2, and generalized gradient Ž . approximation density functional theory DFT methods supplemented with Ž . polarized double-zeta split valence DZVP basis sets and relativistic effective Ž . core potentials RECP of Hay and Wadt. The molecular geometry is best w reproduced at the HF and MP2rRECP q ...

This work discusses the dependence of transition state geometries on the choice of quantum chemical optimization method for the extensively studied Diels-Alder reaction. Rather significant differences are observed between post-Hartree-Fock methods and (hybrid) density functional theory, where the latter predicts larger asynchronicities. The results show that the low MP2 asynchronicity observed ...

High-level ab initio molecular orbital theory is used to obtain benchmark values for the ferricenium/ferrocene (Fc(+)/Fc) couple, the IUPAC recommended reference electrode for nonaqueous solution. The gas-phase ionization energy of ferrocene is calculated using the high-level composite method, G3(MP2)-RAD, and two higher-level variants of this method. These latter methods incorporate correction...

the results of mndo, am1 and pm3 semi-empirical calculations and hf/6-31g*, mp/6-31g*, mp2/6-311+g**, and b3lyp/6-311g** and qcisd/6-31g* ab initio methods for angle strain and conjugation effects in twist-boat, boat, and half-chair geometries of (z,z,z)-cycloocta-1,3,5-triene indicate that all methods, except pm3, predict wrong ordering of the conformations.

We report on a formulation and implementation of scheme to compute nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) shieldings at second-order Møller–Plesset (MP2) perturbation theory using gauge-including atomic orbitals (GIAOs) ensure gauge-origin independence Cholesky decomposition (CD) handle unperturbed perturbed two-electron integrals. investigate the accuracy CD for derivatives integrals with respect an...

The effective fragment potential (EFP) method for treating solvent effects provides relative energies and structures that are in excellent agreement with the analogous fully quantum [i.e., Hartree-Fock (HF), density functional theory (DFT), and second order perturbation theory (MP2)] results for small water clusters. The ability of the method to predict bulk water properties with a comparable a...