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Khurana R, Gupta S, Ali ME. First-Principles Investigations of Magnetic Anisotropy and Spin-Crossover Behavior of Fe(III)-TBP Complexes. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:2197-2207. [PMID: 33617261 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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With the ongoing effort to obtain mononuclear 3d-transition-metal complexes that manifest slow relaxation of magnetization and, hence, can behave as single-molecule magnets (SMMs), we have modeled 14 Fe(III) complexes based on an experimentally synthesized (PMe3)2FeCl3 complex [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (46), 16474-16477], by varying the axial ligands with group XV elements (N, P, and As) and equatorial halide ligands from F, Cl, Br, and I. Out of these, nine complexes possess large zero field splitting (ZFS) parameter D in the range of -40 to -60 cm-1. The first-principles investigation of the ground-spin state applying density functional theory (DFT) and wave function-based multiconfigurations methods, e.g., SA-CASSCF/NEVPT2, are found to be quite consistent except for few delicate cases with near-degenerate spin states. In such cases, the hybrid B3LYP functional is found to be biased toward high-spin (HS) state. Altering the percentage of exact exchange admixed in the B3LYP functional leads to intermediate-spin (IS) ground state consistent with the multireference calculations. The origin of large zero field splitting (ZFS) in the Fe(III)-based trigonal bipyramidal (TBP) complexes is investigated. Furthermore, a number of complexes are identified with very small ΔGHS-ISadia. values indicating the possible spin-crossover phenomenon between the bistable spin states.
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- Rishu Khurana
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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Broclawik E, Kozyra P, Mitoraj M, Radoń M, Rejmak P. Zeolites at the Molecular Level: What Can Be Learned from Molecular Modeling. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26061511. [PMID: 33801999 PMCID: PMC8001918 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26061511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This review puts the development of molecular modeling methods in the context of their applications to zeolitic active sites. We attempt to highlight the utmost necessity of close cooperation between theory and experiment, resulting both in advances in computational methods and in progress in experimental techniques.
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- Ewa Broclawik
- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis PAS, Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland; (P.K.); (M.M.); (M.R.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland; (P.K.); (M.M.); (M.R.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland; (P.K.); (M.M.); (M.R.)
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- Laboratory of X-ray and Electron Microscopy Research, Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland;
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Farcaş AA, Bende A. Theoretical modeling of the singlet-triplet spin transition in different Ni(II)-diketo-pyrphyrin-based metal-ligand octahedral complexes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:4784-4795. [PMID: 33599640 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05366j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The structural stability, charge transfer effects and strength of the spin-orbit couplings in different Ni(ii)-ligand complexes have been studied at the DFT (B3LYP and CAM-B3LYP) and coupled cluster (DLPNO-CCSD(T)) levels of theory. Accordingly, two different, porphyrin- and diketo-pyrphyrin-based four-coordination macrocycles as planar ligands as well as pyridine (or pyrrole) and mesylate anion molecular groups as vertical ligands were considered in order to build metal-organic complexes with octahedral coordination configurations. For each molecular system, the identification of equilibrium geometries and the intersystem crossing (the minimum energy crossing) points between the potential energy surfaces of the singlet and triplet spin states is followed by computing the spin-orbit couplings between the two spin states. Structures, based on the diketo-pyrphyrin macrocycle as the planar ligand, show stronger six-coordination metal-organic complexes due to the extra electrostatic interaction between the positively charged central metal cation and the negatively charged vertical ligands. The results also show that the magnitude of the spin-orbit coupling is influenced by the atomic positions of deprotonations of the ligands, and implicitly the direction of the charge transfer between the ligand and the central metal ion.
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- Alex-Adrian Farcaş
- Faculty of Physics, "Babeş-Bolyai" University, Mihail Kogalniceanu Street No. 1, Ro-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Molecular and Biomolecular Physics Department, National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, Donat Street, No. 67-103, Ro-400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Ma Q, Werner HJ. Scalable Electron Correlation Methods. 8. Explicitly Correlated Open-Shell Coupled-Cluster with Pair Natural Orbitals PNO-RCCSD(T)-F12 and PNO-UCCSD(T)-F12. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:902-926. [PMID: 33405921 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c01129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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We present explicitly correlated open-shell pair natural orbital local coupled-cluster methods, PNO-RCCSD(T)-F12 and PNO-UCCSD(T)-F12. The methods are extensions of our previously reported PNO-R/UCCSD methods (J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2020, 16, 3135-3151, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00192) with additions of explicit correlation and perturbative triples corrections. The explicit correlation treatment follows the spin-orbital CCSD-F12b theory using Ansatz 3*A, which is found to yield comparable or better basis set convergence than the more rigorous Ansatz 3C in computed ionization potentials and reaction energies using double- to quaduple-ζ basis sets. The perturbative triples correction is adapted from the spin-orbital (T) theory to use triples natural orbitals (TNOs). To address the coupling due to off-diagonal Fock matrix elements, the local triples amplitudes are iteratively solved using small domains of TNOs, and a semicanonical (T0) domain correction with larger domains is applied to reduce the domain errors. The performance of the methods is demonstrated through benchmark calculations on ionization potentials, radical stabilization energies, reaction energies of fragmentations and rearrangements in radical cations, and spin-state energy differences of iron complexes. For a few test sets where canonical calculations are feasible, PNO-RCCSD(T)-F12 results agree with the canonical ones to within 0.4 kcal mol-1, and this maximum error is reduced to below 0.2 kcal mol-1 when large local domains are used. For larger systems, results using different thresholds for the local approximations are compared to demonstrate that 1 kcal mol-1 level of accuracy can be achieved using our default settings. For a couple of difficult cases, it is demonstrated that the errors from individual approximations are only a fraction of 1 kcal mol-1, and the overall accuracy of the method does not rely on error compensations. In contrast to canonical calculations, the use of spin-orbitals does not lead to a significant increase of computational time and memory usage in the most expensive steps of PNO-R/UCCSD(T)-F12 calculations. The only exception is the iterative solution of the (T) amplitudes, which can be avoided without significant errors by using a perturbative treatment of the off-diagonal coupling, known as (T1) approximation. For most systems, even the semicanonical approximation (T0) leads only to small errors in relative energies. Our program is well parallelized and capable of computing accurate correlation energies for molecules with 100-200 atoms using augmented triple-ζ basis sets in less than a day of elapsed time on a small computer cluster.
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- Qianli Ma
- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Drabik G, Szklarzewicz J, Radoń M. Spin-state energetics of metallocenes: How do best wave function and density functional theory results compare with the experimental data? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:151-172. [PMID: 33313617 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04727a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We benchmark the accuracy of quantum-chemical methods, including wave function theory methods [coupled cluster theory at the CCSD(T) level, multiconfigurational perturbation-theory (CASPT2, NEVPT2) and internally contracted multireference configuration interaction (MRCI)] and 30 density functional theory (DFT) approximations, in reproducing the spin-state splittings of metallocenes. The reference values of the electronic energy differences are derived from the experimental spin-crossover enthalpy for manganocene and the spectral data of singlet-triplet transitions for ruthenocene, ferrocene, and cobaltocenium. For ferrocene and cobaltocenium we revise the previous experimental interpretations regarding the lowest triplet energy; our argument is based on the comparison with the lowest singlet excitation energy and herein reported, carefully determined absorption spectrum of ferrocene. When deriving vertical energies from the experimental band maxima, we go beyond the routine vertical energy approximation by introducing vibronic corrections based on simulated vibrational envelopes. The benchmarking result confirms the high accuracy of the CCSD(T) method (in particular, for UCCSD(T) based on Hartree-Fock orbitals we find for our dataset: maximum error 0.12 eV, weighted mean absolute error 0.07 eV, weighted mean signed error 0.01 eV). The high accuracy of the single-reference method is corroborated by the analysis of a multiconfigurational character of the complete active space wave function for the triplet state of ferrocene. On the DFT side, our results confirm the non-universality problem with approximate functionals. The present study is an important step toward establishing an extensive and representative benchmark set of experiment-derived spin-state energetics for transition metal complexes.
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- Gabriela Drabik
- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
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Applications of density-functional theory (DFT) in computational chemistry rely on an approximate exchange-correlation (xc) functional. However, existing approximations can fail dramatically for open-shell molecules, in particular for transition-metal complexes or radicals. Most importantly, predicting energy differences between different spin-states with approximate exchange-correlation functionals remains extremely challenging. Formally, it is known that the exact xc functional should be spin-state dependent, but none of the available approximations feature such an explicit spin-state dependence [C. R. Jacob and M. Reiher, Int. J. Quantum Chem., 2012, 112, 3661-3684]. Thus, to find novel approximations for the xc functional for open-shell systems, the development of spin-state dependent xc functionals appears to be a promising avenue. Here, we set out to shed light on the spin-state dependence of the xc functional by investigating the underlying xc holes, which we extract from configuration interaction calculations for model systems. We analyze the similarities and differences between the xc holes of the lowest-energy singlet and triplet states of the dihydrogen molecule, the helium atom, and the lithium dimer. To shed further light on the spin-state dependence of these xc holes we also discuss exact conditions that can be derived from the spin structure of the reduced two-electron density matrix. Altogether, our results suggest several possible routes towards the construction of explicitly spin-state dependent approximations for the xc functional.
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- Julia Brüggemann
- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Gaußstraße 17, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Zhang N, Huo S, Meng L, Li X. Nb(
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- Na Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Material Science Hebei Normal University Road East of 2nd Ring South Shijiazhuang 050024 China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science Hebei Normal University Road East of 2nd Ring South Shijiazhuang 050024 China
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- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Hebei Normal University Road East of 2nd Ring South Shijiazhuang 050024 China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science Hebei Normal University Road East of 2nd Ring South Shijiazhuang 050024 China
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Benali A, Shin H, Heinonen O. Quantum Monte Carlo benchmarking of large noncovalent complexes in the L7 benchmark set. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:194113. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0026275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Anouar Benali
- Computational Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Computational Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Mejía-Rodríguez D, Trickey SB. Spin-Crossover from a Well-Behaved, Low-Cost meta-GGA Density Functional. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:9889-9894. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c08883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Daniel Mejía-Rodríguez
- Center for Molecular Magnetic Quantum Materials, Quantum Theory Project, Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Center for Molecular Magnetic Quantum Materials, Quantum Theory Project, Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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Römer A, Hasecke L, Blöchl P, Mata RA. A Review of Density Functional Models for the Description of Fe(II) Spin-Crossover Complexes. Molecules 2020; 25:E5176. [PMID: 33172067 PMCID: PMC7664392 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25215176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Spin-crossover (SCO) materials have for more than 30 years stood out for their vast application potential in memory, sensing and display devices. To reach magnetic multistability conditions, the high-spin (HS) and low-spin (LS) states have to be carefully balanced by ligand field stabilization and spin-pairing energies. Both effects could be effectively modelled by electronic structure theory, if the description would be accurate enough to describe these concurrent influences to within a few kJ/mol. Such a milestone would allow for the in silico-driven development of SCO complexes. However, so far, the ab initio simulation of such systems has been dominated by general gradient approximation density functional calculations. The latter can only provide the right answer for the wrong reasons, given that the LS states are grossly over-stabilized. In this contribution, we explore different venues for the parameterization of hybrid functionals. A fitting set is provided on the basis of explicitly correlated coupled cluster calculations, with single- and multi-dimensional fitting approaches being tested to selected classes of hybrid functionals (hybrid, range-separated, and local hybrid). Promising agreement to benchmark data is found for a rescaled PBE0 hybrid functional and a local version thereof, with a discussion of different atomic exchange factors.
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- Anton Römer
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (A.R.); (L.H.)
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (A.R.); (L.H.)
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Clausthal, Leibnizstraße 10, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany;
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (A.R.); (L.H.)
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Mariano LA, Vlaisavljevich B, Poloni R. Biased Spin-State Energetics of Fe(II) Molecular Complexes within Density-Functional Theory and the Linear-Response Hubbard U Correction. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:6755-6762. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Lorenzo A. Mariano
- Grenoble-INP, SIMaP, University of Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, United States
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- Grenoble-INP, SIMaP, University of Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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Müller F, Stückrath JB, Bischoff FA, Gagliardi L, Sauer J, Debnath S, Jorewitz M, Asmis KR. Valence and Structure Isomerism of Al 2FeO 4+: Synergy of Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:18050-18059. [PMID: 33031700 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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We provide spectroscopic and computational evidence for a substantial change in structure and gas phase reactivity of Al3O4+ upon Fe-substitution, which is correctly predicted by multireference (MR) wave function calculations. Al3O4+ exhibits a cone-like structure with a central trivalent O atom (C3v symmetry). The replacement of the Al- by an Fe atom leads to a planar bicyclic frame with a terminal Al-O•- radical site, accompanied by a change from the Fe+III/O-II to the Fe+II/O-I valence state. The gas phase vibrational spectrum of Al2FeO4+ is exclusively reproduced by the latter structure, which MR wave function calculations correctly identify as the most stable isomer. This isomer of Al2FeO4+ is predicted to be highly reactive with respect to C-H bond activation, very similar to Al8O12+ which also features the terminal Al-O•- radical site. Density functional theory, in contrast, predicts a less reactive Al3O4+-like "isomorphous substitution" structure of Al2FeO4+ to be the most stable one, except for functionals with very high admixture of Fock exchange (50%, BHLYP).
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- Fabian Müller
- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States of America
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 2, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 2, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 2, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Moltved KA, Kepp KP. Dioxygen Binding to all 3d, 4d, and 5d Transition Metals from Coupled-Cluster Theory. Chemphyschem 2020; 21:2173-2186. [PMID: 32757346 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Understanding how transition metals bind and activate dioxygen (O2 ) is limited by experimental and theoretical uncertainties, making accurate quantum mechanical descriptors of interest. Here we report coupled-cluster CCSD(T) energies with large basis sets and vibrational and relativistic corrections for 160 3d, 4d, and 5d metal-O2 systems. We define four reaction energies (120 in total for the 30 metals) that quantify O-O activation and reveal linear relationships between metal-oxygen and O-O binding energies. The CCSD(T) data can be combined with thermochemical cycles to estimate chemisorption and physisorption energies for each metal from metal oxide embedding energies, in good correlation with atomization enthalpies (R2 =0.75). Spin-geometry variations can break the linearities, of interest to circumventing the Sabatier principle. Pt, Pd, Co, and Fe form a distinct group with the weakest O2 binding. R2 up to 0.84 between surface adsorption energies and our energies for MO2 systems indicate relevance also to real catalytic systems.
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- Klaus A Moltved
- Technical University of Denmark DTU Chemistry, Building 206, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark DTU Chemistry, Building 206, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Sharma AK, Nakamura M. A DFT Study on Fe I/Fe II/Fe III Mechanism of the Cross-Coupling between Haloalkane and Aryl Grignard Reagent Catalyzed by Iron-SciOPP Complexes. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25163612. [PMID: 32784472 PMCID: PMC7465158 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25163612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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To explore plausible reaction pathways of the cross-coupling reaction between a haloalkane and an aryl metal reagent catalyzed by an iron–phosphine complex, we examine the reaction of FeBrPh(SciOPP) 1 and bromocycloheptane employing density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Besides the cross-coupling, we also examined the competitive pathways of β-hydrogen elimination to give the corresponding alkene byproduct. The DFT study on the reaction pathways explains the cross-coupling selectivity over the elimination in terms of FeI/FeII/FeIII mechanism which involves the generation of alkyl radical intermediates and their propagation in a chain reaction manner. The present study gives insight into the detailed molecular mechanic of the cross-coupling reaction and revises the FeII/FeII mechanisms previously proposed by us and others.
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- Akhilesh K. Sharma
- International Research Center for Elements Science (IRCELS), Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan;
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- International Research Center for Elements Science (IRCELS), Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan;
- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-774-38-3180
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Pierloot K, Phung QM, Ghosh A. Electronic Structure of Neutral and Anionic Iron–Nitrosyl Corrole. A Multiconfigurational and Density Matrix Renormalization Group Investigation. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:11493-11502. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Kristine Pierloot
- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven 3001, Belgium
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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Zhang D, Truhlar DG. Spin Splitting Energy of Transition Metals: A New, More Affordable Wave Function Benchmark Method and Its Use to Test Density Functional Theory. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:4416-4428. [PMID: 32525690 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Accurately predicting the spin splitting energy of chemical species is important for understanding their reactivity and magnetic properties, but it is very challenging, especially for molecules containing transition metals. One impediment to progress is the scarcity of accurate benchmark data. Here we report a set of calculations designed to yield reliable benchmarks for simple transition-metal complexes that can be used to test density functional methods that are affordable for large systems of more practical interest. Various wave function methods are tested against experiment for Fe2+, Fe3+, and Co3+, including CASSCF, CASPT2, CASPT3, MRCISD, MRCISD+Q, ACPF, AQCC, CCSD(T), and CASPT2/CCSD(T) and also a new method called CASPT2.5, which is performed by taking the average of the CASPT2 and CASPT3 energies. We find that MRCISD+Q, ACPF, and AQCC require smaller active spaces for good accuracy than are required by CASPT2 and CASPT3, and this aspect may be important for calculations on larger molecules; here we find that CASPT2.5 extrapolated to a complete basis set is the most suitable method-in terms of computational cost and in terms of accuracy on monatomic systems-and therefore we chose this method for molecular benchmarks. Then Kohn-Sham density functional calculations with 60 exchange-correlation functionals are tested for FeF2, FeCl2, and CoF2. We find that MN15-L, M06-SX, and revM06 have very good agreement with CASPT2.5 benchmarks in terms of both the spin splitting energy and the optimized geometry for each spin state. In addition, we recommend def2-TZVP as the most suitable basis set to perform density functional calculations for molecular spin splitting energies; extra polarization functions in the basis set do not help to increase the accuracy of the spin splitting energy in KS calculations.
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- Dayou Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, United States
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Cirera J, Ruiz E. Assessment of the SCAN Functional for Spin-State Energies in Spin-Crossover Systems. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:5053-5058. [PMID: 32449616 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c03758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The strongly constrained and appropriately normed (SCAN) functional has been tested toward the calculation of spin-state energy differences in a data set of 20 spin-crossover (SCO) systems, ranging from d4 to d7. Results show that the SCAN functional is able to correctly predict the low-spin state as the ground state for all systems, and the energy window provided by the calculations falls in the approximate range of energies that will allow for SCO to occur. Moreover, the SCAN functional can be used in periodic boundary condition calculations, accounting for the effect of collective crystal vibrations and counterions in the thermochemistry of the spin transition. Our results validate this functional as a potential method for in silico screening of new SCO systems at both, molecular and crystal-packed levels.
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- Jordi Cirera
- Departament de Quı́mica Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Recerca de Quı́mica Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Quı́mica Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Recerca de Quı́mica Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Ma Q, Werner HJ. Scalable Electron Correlation Methods. 7. Local Open-Shell Coupled-Cluster Methods Using Pair Natural Orbitals: PNO-RCCSD and PNO-UCCSD. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:3135-3151. [PMID: 32275428 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We present well-parallelized local implementations of high-spin open-shell coupled cluster methods with single and double excitations (CCSD) using pair natural orbitals (PNOs). The methods are based on the spin-orbital coupled cluster theory using restricted open-shell Hartree-Fock (ROHF) reference functions. Two variants, namely, PNO-UCCSD and PNO-RCCSD are implemented and compared. In PNO-UCCSD, the coupled cluster amplitudes are spin-unrestricted, while in PNO-RCCSD the linear terms are spin-adapted by a spin-projection approach as described in J. Chem. Phys. 1993, 99, 5219-5227. Near linear scaling of the computational cost with the number of correlated electrons is achieved by applying domain and pair approximations. The PNOs are spin-independent and obtained using a semicanonical spin-restricted MP2 approximation with large domains of projected atomic orbitals (PAOs). The pair approximations of our previously described closed-shell PNO-LCCSD method are carefully revised so that they are compatible to the UCCSD theory, and PNO-UCCSD or PNO-RCCSD calculations for closed-shell molecules yield exactly the same results as corresponding spin-free closed-shell PNO-LCCSD calculations. The convergence of the results with respect to the thresholds and options that control the domain and pair approximations is demonstrated. It is found that large domains are required for the single excitations in open-shell calculations in order to obtain converged results. In general, the errors of relative energies caused by the local approximations can be reduced to below 1 kcal mol-1, even for difficult cases. Presently, PNO-RCCSD and PNO-UCCSD calculations for molecules with 100-200 atoms and augmented triple-ζ basis sets can be carried out in a few hours of elapsed time using ∼100 CPU cores. In addition, the program is also capable of performing distinguishable cluster (PNO-RDCSD and PNO-UDCSC) calculations. The present work is a critical step in developing fully local open-shell PNO-RCCSD(T)-F12 methods.
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- Qianli Ma
- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Westbrook BR, Fortenberry RC. Anharmonic Frequencies of (MO) 2 and Related Hydrides for M = Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Ca, and Ti and Heuristics for Predicting Anharmonic Corrections of Inorganic Oxides. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:3191-3204. [PMID: 32212705 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The low-frequency vibrational fundamentals of D2h inorganic oxides are readily modeled by heuristic scaling factors at fractions of the computational cost compared to explicit anharmonic frequency computations. Oxygen and the other elements in the present study are abundant in geochemical environments and have the potential to aggregate into minerals in planet-forming regions or in the remnants of supernovae. Explicit quartic force field computations at the CCSD(T)-F12b/cc-pVTZ-F12 level of theory generate scaling factors that accurately predict the anharmonic frequencies with an average error of less than 1.0 cm-1 for both the metal-oxygen stretching frequencies and the torsion and antisymmetric stretching frequencies. Inclusion of hydrogen motions is less absolutely accurate but is similarly relatively predictive. The fundamental vibrational frequencies for the seven tetra-atomic inorganic oxides examined presently fall below 876 cm-1 and most of the hydrogenated species do as well. Additionally, ν6 for the SiO dimer is shown to have an intensity of 562 km mol-1, with each of the other molecules having one or more frequencies with intensities greater than 80 km mol-1, again with most in the low-frequency infrared range. These intensities and the frequencies computed in the present study should assist in laboratory characterization and potential interstellar or circumstellar observation.
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- Brent R Westbrook
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677-1848, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677-1848, United States
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Werner HJ, Knowles PJ, Manby FR, Black JA, Doll K, Heßelmann A, Kats D, Köhn A, Korona T, Kreplin DA, Ma Q, Miller TF, Mitrushchenkov A, Peterson KA, Polyak I, Rauhut G, Sibaev M. The Molpro quantum chemistry package. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:144107. [PMID: 32295355 DOI: 10.1063/5.0005081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 454] [Impact Index Per Article: 113.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Molpro is a general purpose quantum chemistry software package with a long development history. It was originally focused on accurate wavefunction calculations for small molecules but now has many additional distinctive capabilities that include, inter alia, local correlation approximations combined with explicit correlation, highly efficient implementations of single-reference correlation methods, robust and efficient multireference methods for large molecules, projection embedding, and anharmonic vibrational spectra. In addition to conventional input-file specification of calculations, Molpro calculations can now be specified and analyzed via a new graphical user interface and through a Python framework.
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- Hans-Joachim Werner
- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, L. Pasteura 1 St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630, USA
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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Reimann M, Bischoff FA, Sauer J. Thermochemistry of FeO mH nz Species: Assessment of Some DFT Functionals. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:2430-2435. [PMID: 32216334 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Thermochemical data for 20 anionic, cationic, and neutral gas-phase species, including Fe0/+, FeO-/0/+/2+, FeOH0/+/2+, FeO2-/0/+, OFeOH0/+, Fe(OH)20/+, Fe(H2O)+/2+, and Fe(H2O)2+/2+ with oxidation states between +I and +IV for Fe and -I and -II for O, compiled by Schröder [ J. Phys. Chem. A 2008, 112, 13215], are used to assess the performance of the "Jacob's ladder" functionals PBE, TPSS, PBE0, and TPSSh for the SVP, TZVP, and QZVP basis sets. In addition, the BP86 and B3LYP functionals are considered. The TPSSh functional performs best. With the TZVP basis set (recommended), the mean absolute and the maximum errors are 24 and 63 kJ/mol, respectively. With 32 and 78 kJ/mol, respectively, BP86 is second best, better than PBE.
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- Marc Reimann
- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099Berlin, Germany
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Stoneburner SJ, Truhlar DG, Gagliardi L. Transition Metal Spin-State Energetics by MC-PDFT with High Local Exchange. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:1187-1195. [PMID: 31962045 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The energetics of the spin states of transition metal complexes have been explored with a variety of electronic structure methods, but the calculations require a compromise between accuracy and affordability. In this work, the spin splittings of several iron complexes are studied with multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory (MC-PDFT). The results are compared to previously published results obtained by complete active space second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) and CASPT2 with coupled-cluster semicore correlation (CASPT2/CC). In contrast to CASPT2's systematic overstabilization of high-spin states with respect to the CASPT2/CC reference, MC-PDFT with the tPBE on-top functional understabilizes high-spin states. This systematic understabilization is largely corrected by revising the exchange and correlation contributions to the on-top functional using the high local-exchange approximation (tPBE-HLE). Moreover, tPBE-HLE correctly predicts the spin of the ground state in most cases, while CASPT2 incorrectly predicts high-spin ground states in all cases. This is encouraging for practical work because tPBE and tPBE-HLE are faster than CASPT2 by a factor of 50 even in a moderately sized example.
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- Samuel J Stoneburner
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455-0431 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455-0431 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455-0431 , United States
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Manna D, Lo R, Hobza P. Spin modification of iron(ii) complexes via covalent (dative) and dispersion guided non-covalent bonding with N-heterocyclic carbenes: DFT, DLPNO-CCSD(T) and MCSCF studies. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:164-170. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt04334a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Spin crossover from high spin Fe(ii)-phthalocyanine to low or intermediate spin via either dative covalent or non-covalent interaction by just varying the substituent using the same core ligand.
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- Debashree Manna
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- 16610 Prague 6
- Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- 16610 Prague 6
- Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- 16610 Prague 6
- Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials
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Neale SE, Pantazis DA, Macgregor SA. Accurate computed spin-state energetics for Co(iii) complexes: implications for modelling homogeneous catalysis. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:6478-6487. [DOI: 10.1039/d0dt00993h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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DLPNO-CCSD(T) calculations provide accurate spin state energetics for a range of Co(iii) complexes and so represent a promising approach to modelling homogeneous catalysis based on Co(iii) species.
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- Samuel E. Neale
- Institute of Chemical Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- United Kingdom
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Vela S, Fumanal M, Cirera J, Ribas-Arino J. Thermal spin crossover in Fe(ii) and Fe(iii). Accurate spin state energetics at the solid state. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:4938-4945. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00162g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Parametrization of PBE+U under the D3 and D3-BJ dispersion corrections to study FeII and FeIII-based Spin Crossover complexes.
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- Sergi Vela
- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design
- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- EPFL
- CH-1015 Lausanne
- Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique
- UMR 7111
- CNRS-Université de Strasbourg
- F-67000 Strasbourg
- France
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- Departament de Química Inorganica i Orgànica and IQTCUB
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física and IQTCUB
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Barcelona
- Spain
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Freitag L, Ma Y, Baiardi A, Knecht S, Reiher M. Approximate Analytical Gradients and Nonadiabatic Couplings for the State-Average Density Matrix Renormalization Group Self-Consistent-Field Method. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:6724-6737. [PMID: 31670947 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We present an approximate scheme for analytical gradients and nonadiabatic couplings for calculating state-average density matrix renormalization group self-consistent-field wave function. Our formalism follows closely the state-average complete active space self-consistent-field (SA-CASSCF) ansatz, which employs a Lagrangian, and the corresponding Lagrange multipliers are obtained from a solution of the coupled-perturbed CASSCF (CP-CASSCF) equations. We introduce a definition of the matrix product state (MPS) Lagrange multipliers based on a single-site tensor in a mixed-canonical form of the MPS, such that a sweep procedure is avoided in the solution of the CP-CASSCF equations. We apply our implementation to the optimization of a conical intersection in 1,2-dioxetanone, where we are able to fully reproduce the SA-CASSCF result up to arbitrary accuracy.
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- Leon Freitag
- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie , ETH Zürich , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2 , 8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Computer Network Information Center , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China.,Center of Scientific Computing Applications & Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie , ETH Zürich , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2 , 8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie , ETH Zürich , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2 , 8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie , ETH Zürich , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2 , 8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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Zhang Y. Calculating spin crossover temperatures by a first-principles LDA+U scheme with parameter U evaluated from GW. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:134701. [PMID: 31594359 DOI: 10.1063/1.5124239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The prediction of spin crossover (SCO) temperatures (T1/2) depends sensitively on the description of local Coulomb correlation. Due to its balance between accuracy and computational cost, local density approximation combined with Hubbard U model (LDA+U) is an appealing tool for this purpose. Despite its accurate performance on energetic properties, such as spin adiabatic energy difference, it is well-known that the LDA+U approach would lose its predictive power if U is tuned to achieve close agreement with experiment for a certain property. On the other hand, a static U value cannot account for changes in the electronic structure. Here, we propose a framework to derive dynamical U (Udyn) values for iron(ii) complexes from the many-body GW calculations. By performing model calculations on a series of compounds with varying ligand fields, we show that the U values determined in this way are local environment dependent, and the resulting LDA+Udyn method could reproduce their experimental ground spin states. We present applications to selected SCO complexes illustrating that Udyn considerably overcomes some of the drawbacks of employing a constant U in the calculation of thermochemical quantities. Using the described calculation procedure, the T1/2 values are predicted with a small mean absolute error of 176 K with respect to experiment.
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- Yachao Zhang
- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, China
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Chen HT, Pham TV, Lin MC. Computational Study on the Mechanisms and Rate Constants for the O( 3P, 1D) + OCS Reactions. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:8358-8364. [PMID: 31469286 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b05720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The mechanisms and kinetics of O(3P,1D) + OCS(X1Σ+) reactions have been studied by the high-level G2M(CC2) and CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df)//B3LYP/6-311+G(3df) methods in conjunction with the transition-state theory and variational Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus theory calculations. The result shows that the triplet surface proceeds directly by abstraction and substitution channels to produce SO(3P) + CO(X1Σ+) and S(3P) + CO2(X1 Σg+) by passing the barriers of 7.6 and 9.1 kcal·mol-1 at the G2M(CC2)//B3LYP/6-311+G(3df) level, respectively, while two stable intermediates, LM1 (OSCO1) and LM2 (SC(O)O1), are formed barrierlessly from O(1D) + OCS(X1Σ+) in the singlet surface, which lie at -40.5 and -50.1 kcal·mol-1 relative to O(3P) + OCS(X1Σ+) reactants and decompose to CO(X1Σ+) + SO(a1Δ) and S(1D) + CO2(X1Σg+). LM1 and LM2 may also be produced by singlet-triplet surface crossings via MSX1 and MSX2; the predicted total rate constant for the O(3P) + OCS(X1Σ+) reaction including the crossings, 9.2 × 10-11 exp(-5.18 kcal·mol-1/RT) cm3 molecule-1 s-1, is in good agreement with available experimental data. The branching ratio of the CO2 product channel, 0.22-0.32, between 1200 and 1600 K, is also in excellent agreement with the value of 0.2-0.3 measured by Isshiki et al. (J. Phys. Chem. A. 2003, 107, 2464).
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- Hsin-Tsung Chen
- Department of Chemistry , Chung Yuan Christian University , Chung Li District , Taoyuan City , 32023 , Taiwan
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Hanoi University of Science and Technology , Hanoi 100000 , Vietnam
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Takayanagi T, Saito K, Suzuki H, Watabe Y, Fujihara T. Computational Analysis of Two-State Reactivity in β-Hydride Elimination Mechanisms of Fe(II)– and Co(II)–Alkyl Complexes Supported by β-Diketiminate Ligand. Organometallics 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Toshiyuki Takayanagi
- Department of Chemistry, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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Phung QM, Pierloot K. Electronic Structure of N-Bridged High-Valent Diiron-Oxo. Chemistry 2019; 25:12491-12496. [PMID: 31313861 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Revised: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Density functional theory (DFT) and an advanced ab initio technique based on density matrix renormalization group (DMRG-CASPT2) were employed to investigate a reactive N-bridged high-valent diiron-oxo species involved in H-abstraction reactions. We studied in detail two important doublet states, the ground state with two iron(IV) centers and a mixed valence FeV -FeIV excited state. We found that the latter state is low-lying. Furthermore, its electronic structure and spin density imply that it has significantly higher H-abstraction reactivity than the ground state. This low-lying excited state might be the reason behind the high oxidation reactivity of this diiron-oxo species towards methane.
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- Quan Manh Phung
- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven, 3001, Belgium.,Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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Chen JY, Liao RZ. Mechanism and Regioselectivity of the Iron-Catalyzed Hydroboration of N-Heteroarenes: A Computational Study. Organometallics 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jia-Yi Chen
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Phung QM, Martín-Fernández C, Harvey JN, Feldt M. Ab Initio Calculations for Spin-Gaps of Non-Heme Iron Complexes. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:4297-4304. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Quan Manh Phung
- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200f, Box 2404, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200f, Box 2404, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200f, Box 2404, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Escayola S, Callís M, Poater A, Solà M. Effect of Exocyclic Substituents and π-System Length on the Electronic Structure of Chichibabin Diradical(oid)s. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:10845-10853. [PMID: 31460182 PMCID: PMC6648453 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The ground state (GS) of Chichibabin's polycyclic hydrocarbons (CPHs) can be singlet [open- or closed-shell (OSS or CS)] or triplet (T), depending on the elongation of the π-system and the exocyclic substituents. CPHs with either a small singlet-triplet energy gap (ΔE ST) or even a triplet GS have potential applications in optoelectronics. To analyze the effect of the size and exocyclic substituents on the nature of the GS of CPHs, we have selected a number of them with different substituents in the exocyclic carbon atoms and different ring chain lengths. The OPBE/cc-pVTZ level of theory was used for the optimization of the systems. The aromaticity of the resulting electronic structures was evaluated with HOMA, NICS, FLU, PDI, Iring, and MCI aromaticity indices. Our results show that the shortest π-systems (one or two rings) have a singlet GS. However, systems with three to five rings favor OSS GSs. Electron-withdrawing groups (EWGs) and aromatic substituents in the exocyclic carbons tend to stabilize the OSS and T states, whereas electron-donating groups slightly destabilize them. For CS, OSS, and T states, aromaticity measures indicate a gain of aromaticity of the 6-membered rings of the CPHs with the increase in their size and when CPHs incorporate EWGs or aromatic substituents. In general, the CPHs analyzed present small singlet-triplet energy gaps, and in particular, the ones containing EWGs or aromatic substituents present the smallest singlet-triplet energy gaps.
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- Sílvia Escayola
- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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Francés‐Monerris A, Gros PC, Assfeld X, Monari A, Pastore M. Toward Luminescent Iron Complexes: Unravelling the Photophysics by Computing Potential Energy Surfaces. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201900100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Antonio Francés‐Monerris
- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques (LPCT)Université de Lorraine, CNRS 54000 Nancy France
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- Laboratoire Lorrain de Chimie Moléculaire (L2CM)Université de Lorraine, CNRS 54000 Nancy France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques (LPCT)Université de Lorraine, CNRS 54000 Nancy France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques (LPCT)Université de Lorraine, CNRS 54000 Nancy France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques (LPCT)Université de Lorraine, CNRS 54000 Nancy France
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Cirera J, Ruiz E. Computational Modeling of Transition Temperatures in Spin-Crossover Systems. COMMENT INORG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/02603594.2019.1608967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Jordi Cirera
- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Recerca de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Recerca de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Phung QM, Pierloot K. Low-Lying Electromeric States in Chloro-Ligated Iron(IV)-Oxo Porphyrin as a Model for Compound I, Studied with Second-Order Perturbation Theory Based on Density Matrix Renormalization Group. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:3033-3043. [PMID: 30995039 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Employing second-order perturbation theory based on the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG-CASPT2), this work aims at providing a quantitative description of the spin state energetics of a chloro-ligated iron(IV)-oxo porphyrin as a model for the cytochromes P450 active species, also known as compound I (Cpd I). We explored DMRG-CASPT2 to its full extent with an extensive active space (up to 31 active orbitals) as well as a large number of renormalized states m (up to 10000). Different flavors of DMRG-CASPT2, using either the costly exact 4-particle reduced density matrix (4-RDM) or the cheaper cumulant approximated 4-RDM (cu(4)), were analyzed. All flavors essentially converge to similar relative energies between different spin states. Including a correction for the protein environment, we found a quartet FeIVO ground state and, more importantly, a thermally accessible doublet FeVO excited state that might directly contribute to the reactivity of this iron-oxo species. Our results also showed that cheaper approaches, such as CASPT2 based on a smaller active space or the cumulant approximation DMRG-cu(4)-CASPT2, are capable of accurately describing the spin state energetics of this species.
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- Quan Manh Phung
- Department of Chemistry , KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200F , Leuven 3001 , Belgium.,Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) , Nagoya University , Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry , KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200F , Leuven 3001 , Belgium
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The S3 State of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex: Overview of Spectroscopy and XFEL Crystallography with a Critical Evaluation of Early-Onset Models for O–O Bond Formation. INORGANICS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/inorganics7040055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The catalytic cycle of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII) comprises five intermediate states Si (i = 0–4), from the most reduced S0 state to the most oxidized S4, which spontaneously evolves dioxygen. The precise geometric and electronic structure of the Si states, and hence the mechanism of O–O bond formation in the OEC, remain under investigation, particularly for the final steps of the catalytic cycle. Recent advances in protein crystallography based on X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have produced new structural models for the S3 state, which indicate that two of the oxygen atoms of the inorganic Mn4CaO6 core of the OEC are in very close proximity. This has been interpreted as possible evidence for “early-onset” O–O bond formation in the S3 state, as opposed to the more widely accepted view that the O–O bond is formed in the final state of the cycle, S4. Peroxo or superoxo formation in S3 has received partial support from computational studies. Here, a brief overview is provided of spectroscopic information, recent crystallographic results, and computational models for the S3 state. Emphasis is placed on computational S3 models that involve O–O formation, which are discussed with respect to their agreement with structural information, experimental evidence from various spectroscopic studies, and substrate exchange kinetics. Despite seemingly better agreement with some of the available crystallographic interpretations for the S3 state, models that implicate early-onset O–O bond formation are hard to reconcile with the complete line of experimental evidence, especially with X-ray absorption, X-ray emission, and magnetic resonance spectroscopic observations. Specifically with respect to quantum chemical studies, the inconclusive energetics for the possible isoforms of S3 is an acute problem that is probably beyond the capabilities of standard density functional theory.
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