Core-valence correlation consistent basis sets for second-row atoms (Al–Ar) revisited

Influence of the complete basis set approximation, tight weighted-core, and diffuse functions on the DLPNO-CCSD(T1) atomization energies of neutral H,C,O-compounds

The impact of complete basis set extrapolation schemes (CBS), diffuse functions, and tight weighted-core functions on enthalpies of formation predicted via the DLPNO-CCSD(T1) reduced Feller-Peterson-Dixon approach has been examined for neutral H,C,O-compounds. All tested three-point (TZ/QZ/5Z) extrapolation schemes result in mean unsigned deviation (MUD) below 2 kJ mol^-1 relative to the experiment. The two-point QZ/5Z and TZ/QZ CBS 1 / l max 3 extrapolation schemes are inferior to their inverse power counterpart ( 1 / l max + 1 / 2 4 ) by 1.3 and 4.3 kJ mol^-1 . The CBS extrapolated frozen core atomization energies are insensitive (within 1 kJ mol^-1 ) to augmentation of the basis set with tight weighted core functions. The core-valence correlation effects converge already at triple-ζ, although double-ζ/triple-ζ CBS extrapolation performs better and is recommended. The effect of diffuse function augmentation converges slowly, and cannot be reproduced with double- ζ or triple- ζ calculations as these are plagued with basis set superposition and incompleteness errors.

Predicting Bond Dissociation Energies and Bond Lengths of Coordinatively Unsaturated Vanadium-Ligand Bonds

Understanding the electronic structure of coordinatively unsaturated transition-metal compounds and predicting their physical properties are of great importance for catalyst design. Bond dissociation energy D_e and bond length r_e are two of the fundamental quantities for which good predictions are important for a successful design strategy. In the present work, recent experimentally measured bond energies and bond lengths of VX diatomic molecules (X = C, N, S) are used as a gauge to consider the utility of a number of electronic structure methods. Single-reference methods are one focus because of their efficiency and utility in practical calculations, and multireference configuration interaction (MRCISD) methods and a composite coupled cluster (CCC) method are a second focus because of their potential high accuracy. The comparison is especially challenging because of the large multireference M diagnostics of these molecules, in the range 0.15-0.19. For the single-reference methods, Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) has been tested with a variety of approximate exchange-correlation functionals. Of these, MOHLYP provides the bond dissociation energies in best agreement with experiments, and BLYP provides the bond lengths that are in best agreement with experiments; but by requiring good performance for both the D_e and r_e of the vanadium compounds, MOHLYP, MN12-L, MGGA_MS1, MGGA_MS0, O3LYP, and M06-L are the most highly recommended functionals. The CCC calculations include up to connected pentuple excitations for the valence electrons and up to connected quadruple excitations for the core-valence terms; this results in highly accurate dissociation energies and good bond lengths. Averaged over the three molecules, the mean unsigned deviation of CCC bond energies from experimental ones is only 0.4 kcal/mol, demonstrating excellent convergence of theory and experiments.

The methylsulfinyl radical CH3SO examined

Our computational investigations broaden the scope of currently available experimental results on the methylsulfinyl radical, a key atmospheric species.

MRCI study on electronic spectrum of 13 electronic states of SiP molecule

The potential energy curves (PECs) of the X(2)Π, A(2)Σ(+), a(4)Σ(+), B(2)Π, c(4)Δ, C(2)Σ(+), d(4)Σ(-), D(2)Φ, E(2)Σ(-), G(2)Δ, H(2)Π, I(2)Σ(+) and f(4)Δ electronic states of the SiP molecule are calculated employing an ab initio quantum chemical method. The PEC calculations are performed for internuclear separations from 0.10 to 1.10nm using the complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) method, which is followed by the internally contracted multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) approach in combination with a correlation-consistent aug-cc-pV6Z basis set. To improve the quality of the PECs, core-valence correlation and scalar relativistic corrections are included. Scalar relativistic correction calculations are carried out using the third-order Douglas-Kroll Hamiltonian approximation at the level of a cc-pV5Z basis set. Core-valence correlation corrections are included using a cc-pCVQZ basis set. The PECs obtained by the MRCI calculations are corrected for size-extensivity errors by means of the Davidson modification. The PECs are extrapolated to the complete basis set limit. The spectroscopic parameters are obtained by fitting the vibrational levels, which are calculated by solving the ro-vibrational Schrödinger equation. The spectroscopic results are compared in detail with those reported in previous literature. Excellent agreement is found between the present spectroscopic results and the experimental ones. Using the Breit-Pauli operator, the spin-orbit (SO) coupling effect on the spectroscopic parameters is included in the X(2)Π, D(2)Φ and H(2)Π electronic states at the level of a cc-pCVTZ basis set. The energy separation of the X(2)Π and A(2)Σ(+) electronic states is accurately determined by including the Davidson modification, SO coupling and core-valence correlation and scalar relativistic corrections. Using the PECs determined by the MRCI+Q/CV+DK+56 calculations, the G(υ), B(υ) and D(υ) are calculated for each vibrational state of each electronic state, and those of the first 20 vibrational states are reported for each electronic state of the non-rotation (29)Si(31)P molecule. Comparison with the measurements demonstrates that the present results are accurate. The spectroscopic parameters of the a(4)Σ(+), B(2)Π, c(4)Δ, d(4)Σ(-), D(2)Φ, E(2)Σ(-), G(2)Δ, H(2)Π, I(2)Σ(+) and f(4)Δ electronic states and the G(υ), B(υ) and D(υ) of all the electronic states obtained here are expected to be reliable predicted results.