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AUTHOR
Jeppe Olsen
The prediction of molecular equilibrium structures by the standard electronic wave functions
A systematic investigation has been carried out of the accuracy of molecular equilibrium structures of 19 small closed-shell molecules containing first-row atoms as predicted by the following standard electronic ab initio models: Hartree–Fock (HF) theory, Mo/ller–Plesset theory to second, third, and fourth orders (MP2, MP3, and MP4), coupled-cluster singles and doubles (CCSD) theory; CCSD theory with perturbational triples corrections [CCSD(T)], and the configuration-interaction singles and doubles (CISD) model. For all models, calculations were carried out using the correlation-consistent polarized valence double-zeta (cc-pVDZ) basis, the correlation-consistent polarized valence triple-zet…
Comparison of full-configuration interaction and coupled-cluster harmonic and fundamental frequencies for BH and HF
The harmonic and fundamental frequencies are calculated for the potential-energy curves of BH and HF using the full-configuration interaction model and two hierarchies of coupled-cluster wavefunction models. The anharmonic contributions are also obtained using second-order vibrational perturbation theory. A consistent and systematic improvement is seen for both the harmonic and anharmonic contributions when increasing the level of the correlation treatment. The changes are largest for the harmonic contributions. This is also the case when including valence or diffuse functions in the basis set. Second-order perturbation theory gives a good approximation to the anharmonic contribution and in…
Equation-of-motion coupled cluster perturbation theory revisited
The equation-of-motion coupled cluster (EOM-CC) framework has been used for deriving a novel series of perturbative corrections to the coupled cluster singles and doubles energy that formally con- verges towards the full configuration interaction energy limit. The series is based on a Møller-Plesset partitioning of the Hamiltonian and thus size extensive at any order in the perturbation, thereby rem- edying the major deficiency inherent to previous perturbation series based on the EOM-CC ansatz. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4873138]
The Dalton quantum chemistry program system
Dalton is a powerful general-purpose program system for the study of molecular electronic structure at the Hartree-Fock, Kohn-Sham, multiconfigurational self-consistent-field, MOller-Plesset, confi ...
Convergence of coupled cluster perturbation theory.
The convergence of a recently proposed coupled cluster (CC) family of perturbation series [Eriksen, J. J. et al., J. Chem. Phys. 140, 064108 (2014)], in which the energetic difference between two CC models - a low-level parent and a high-level target model - is expanded in orders of the M{\o}ller-Plesset (MP) fluctuation potential, is investigated for four prototypical closed-shell systems (Ne, singlet methylene, distorted HF, and the fluoride anion) in standard and augmented basis sets. In these investigations, energy corrections of the various series have been calculated to high orders and their convergence radii determined by probing for possible front- and back-door intruder states, the…
Coupled-cluster singles, doubles and triples (CCSDT) calculations of atomization energies
Atomization energies have been calculated for CO, H2O, F-2, HF, N-2 and CH2 (the (1)A(1) state) using the coupled-duster singles, doubles and triples (CCSDT) model as well as the coupled-cluster singles and doubles model with a perturbative correction for triples [CCSD(T)]. TheCCSD(T) model provides an excellent approximation to the CCSDT model; at the cc-pV5Z basis set level, the CCSDT valence triples contribution is underestimated by 9.1% (0.8 kJ/mol) for CH, and overestimated for the remaining molecules by as little as 4.3%(1.3 kJ/mol) for F-2,and as much as 8.4% (3.0 kJ/mol) for N-2. At the CCSDT level, the agreement with experiment is not improved, suggesting that some cancellation of …
A comparison of excited state properties for iterative approximate triples linear response coupled cluster methods
Abstract A computational study of the potential energy curves of the 1 Π state of BH, 1 Π state of CH + , 1 Σ u and 1 Π u states of C 2 , 1 Π state of CO, and 1 Π g and 1 Σ − u states of N 2 is carried out with the CC3 and CCSDT-3 corrections to EOMEE-CCSD. Good agreement in structure, vibrational frequencies, and excitation energies of these iterative triples-corrected methods with respect to experiment is found for most of these examples. However, deficiencies in the approximate treatment of triples is evident for BH and CH + .
Equilibrium Geometry of the Ethynyl (CCH) Radical
The equilibrium geometry of the ethynyl (CCH) radical has been obtained using the results of high-level quantum chemical calculations and the available experimental data. In a purely quantum chemical approach, the best theoretical estimates (1.208 A for r C C and 1.061-1.063 A for r C H ) have been obtained from CCSD-(T), CCSDT, MR-AQCC, and full CI calculations with basis sets up to core-polarized pentuple-zeta quality. In a mixed theoretical-experimental approach, empirical equilibrium geometrical parameters (1.207 A for r C C and 1.069 A for r C H ) have been obtained from a least-squares fit to the experimental rotational constants of four isotopomers of CCH which have been corrected fo…
Restricted and complete-active-space multiconfiguration linear response calculations of the polarizability of formamide and urea
Abstract Using the polarized basis sets of Sadlej, we have carried out multiconfiguration linear response (MCLR) calculations of static and dynamic polarizabilities of water, carbon dioxide, formamide and urea. It is found that the polarized basis sets give a good description of the polarizabilities. The uncorrelates (self-consistent field) polarizabilities are in general 10% or more lower than the experimental values. The correlation as introduced in the complete-active-space (CAS) and restricted-active-space (RAS) MCLR calculations recovers the major part of this deviation.
The accuracy of molecular dipole moments in standard electronic structure calculations
Abstract A systematic investigation has been carried out of the accuracy of calculated molecular equilibrium dipole moments of 11 polar closed-shell molecules, using the HF, MP2, CCSD and CCSD(T) models and correlation-consistent basis sets. Augmented basis sets are important for improving the basis-set convergence, but the quality of the results depends more on the correlation treatment than on the cardinal number of the basis set. Augmented triple-zeta basis sets are sufficient for most calculations. The mean absolute error of the HF calculations is 0.16 D, which is reduced at the MP2 and CCSD levels to 0.048 and 0.025 D, respectively. The CCSD(T) errors are small – typically
Molecular equilibrium structures from experimental rotational constants and calculated vibration–rotation interaction constants
A detailed study is carried out of the accuracy of molecular equilibrium geometries obtained from least-squares fits involving experimental rotational constants B(0) and sums of ab initio vibration-rotation interaction constants alpha(r)(B). The vibration-rotation interaction constants have been calculated for 18 single-configuration dominated molecules containing hydrogen and first-row atoms at various standard levels of ab initio theory. Comparisons with the experimental data and tests for the internal consistency of the calculations show that the equilibrium structures generated using Hartree-Fock vibration-rotation interaction constants have an accuracy similar to that obtained by a dir…