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Zapata Trujillo JC, McKemmish LK. VIBFREQ1295: A New Database for Vibrational Frequency Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:4100-4122. [PMID: 35723975 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c01438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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High-throughput approaches for producing approximate vibrational spectral data for molecules of astrochemistry interest rely on harmonic frequency calculations using computational quantum chemistry. However, model chemistry recommendations (i.e., a level of theory and basis set pair) for these calculations are not yet available and, thus, thorough benchmarking against comprehensive benchmark databases is needed. Here, we present a new database for vibrational frequency calculations (VIBFREQ1295) storing 1295 experimental fundamental frequencies and CCSD(T)(F12*)/cc-pVDZ-F12 ab initio harmonic frequencies from 141 molecules. VIBFREQ1295's experimental data was complied through a comprehensive review of contemporary experimental data, while the ab initio data was computed here. The chemical space spanned by the molecules chosen is considered in-depth and is shown to have good representation of common organic functional groups and vibrational modes. Scaling factors are routinely used to approximate the effect of anharmonicity and convert computed harmonic frequencies to predicted fundamental frequencies. With our experimental and high-level ab initio data, we find that a single global uniform scaling factor of 0.9617(3) results in median differences of 15.9(5) cm-1. A far superior performance with a median difference of 7.5(5) cm-1 can be obtained, however, by using separate scaling factors (SFs) for three regions: frequencies less than 1000 cm-1 (SF = 0.987(1)), between 1000 and 2000 cm-1 (SF = 0.9727(6)), and above 2000 cm-1 (SF = 0.9564(4)). This sets a lower bound for the performance that could be reliably obtained using scaling of harmonic frequency calculations to predict experimental fundamental frequencies. VIBFREQ1295's most important purpose is to provide a robust database for benchmarking the performance of any vibrational frequency calculations. VIBFREQ1295 data could also be used to train machine-learning models for the prediction of vibrational spectra and as a reference and data starting point for more detailed spectroscopic modeling of particular molecules. The database can be found as part of the Supporting Information for this paper or in the Harvard DataVerse at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VLVNU7.
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, 2052 Sydney, Australia
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Asfin R, Bulychev V, Buturlimova M, Tokhadze K. Theoretical and matrix isolation studies of infrared spectra of the H2CO∙∙∙HF hydrogen-bonded complex. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nejad A, Crittenden DL. On the separability of large-amplitude motions in anharmonic frequency calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:20588-20601. [PMID: 32966420 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp03515g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nuclear vibrational theories based upon the Watson Hamiltonian are ubiquitous in quantum chemistry, but are generally unable to model systems in which the wavefunction can delocalise over multiple energy minima, i.e. molecules that have low-energy torsion and inversion barriers. In a 2019 Chemical Reviews article, Puzzarini et al. note that a common workaround is to simply decouple these problematic modes from all other vibrations in the system during anharmonic frequency calculations. They also point out that this approximation can be "ill-suited", but do not quantify the errors introduced. In this work, we present the first systematic investigation into how separating out or constraining torsion and inversion vibrations within potential energy surface (PES) expansions affects the accuracy of computed fundamental wavenumbers for the remaining vibrational modes, using a test set of 19 tetratomic molecules for which high quality analytic potential energy surfaces and fully-coupled anharmonic reference fundamental frequencies are available. We find that the most effective and efficient strategy is to remove the mode in question from the PES expansion entirely. This introduces errors of up to +10 cm-1 in stretching fundamentals that would otherwise couple to the dropped mode, and ±5 cm-1 in all other fundamentals. These errors are approximately commensurate with, but not necessarily additional to, errors due to the choice of electronic structure model used in constructing spectroscopically accurate PES.
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- Arman Nejad
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 6, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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- School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Abbott AS, Turney JM, Zhang B, Smith DGA, Altarawy D, Schaefer HF. PES-Learn: An Open-Source Software Package for the Automated Generation of Machine Learning Models of Molecular Potential Energy Surfaces. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:4386-4398. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Adam S. Abbott
- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Molecular Sciences Software Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Molecular Sciences Software Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
- Computer and Systems Engineering Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Puzzarini C, Bloino J, Tasinato N, Barone V. Accuracy and Interpretability: The Devil and the Holy Grail. New Routes across Old Boundaries in Computational Spectroscopy. Chem Rev 2019; 119:8131-8191. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Cristina Puzzarini
- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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Owen CJ, Boles GC, Chernyy V, Bakker JM, Armentrout PB. Structures of the dehydrogenation products of methane activation by 5d transition metal cations revisited: Deuterium labeling and rotational contours. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:044307. [PMID: 29390852 DOI: 10.1063/1.5016820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A previous infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) action spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) study explored the structures of the [M,C,2H]+ products formed by dehydrogenation of methane by four, gas-phase 5d transition metal cations (M+ = Ta+, W+, Ir+, and Pt+). Complicating the analysis of these spectra for Ir and Pt was observation of an extra band in both spectra, not readily identified as a fundamental vibration. In an attempt to validate the assignment of these additional peaks, the present work examines the gas phase [M,C,2D]+ products of the same four metal ions formed by reaction with perdeuterated methane (CD4). As before, metal cations are formed in a laser ablation source and react with methane pulsed into a reaction channel downstream, and the resulting products are spectroscopically characterized through photofragmentation using the free-electron laser for intracavity experiments in the 350-1800 cm-1 range. Photofragmentation was monitored by the loss of D for [Ta,C,2D]+ and [W,C,2D]+ and of D2 in the case of [Pt,C,2D]+ and [Ir,C,2D]+. Comparison of the experimental spectra and DFT calculated spectra leads to structural assignments for all [M,C,2H/2D]+ systems that are consistent with previous identifications and allows a full description of the systematic spectroscopic shifts observed for deuterium labeling of these complexes, some of the smallest systems to be studied using IRMPD action spectroscopy. Further, full rotational contours are simulated for each vibrational band and explain several observations in the present spectra, such as doublet structures in several bands as well as the observed linewidths. The prominent extra bands in the [Pt,C,2D/2H]+ spectra appear to be most consistent with an overtone of the out-of-plane bending vibration of the metal carbene cation structure.
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- Cameron J Owen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- FELIX Laboratory, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Toernooiveld 7c, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- FELIX Laboratory, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Toernooiveld 7c, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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Morgan WJ, Matthews DA, Ringholm M, Agarwal J, Gong JZ, Ruud K, Allen WD, Stanton JF, Schaefer HF. Geometric Energy Derivatives at the Complete Basis Set Limit: Application to the Equilibrium Structure and Molecular Force Field of Formaldehyde. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 14:1333-1350. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b01138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- W. James Morgan
- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry (CCQC), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Tromsø − The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry (CCQC), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Tromsø − The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry (CCQC), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry (CCQC), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Catoire V, Bernard F, Mébarki Y, Mellouki A, Eyglunent G, Daële V, Robert C. A tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer for formaldehyde atmospheric measurements validated by simulation chamber instrumentation. J Environ Sci (China) 2012; 24:22-33. [PMID: 22783612 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(11)60726-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer (TDLAS) for formaldehyde atmospheric measurements has been set up and validated through comparison experiments with a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR) in a simulation chamber. Formaldehyde was generated in situ in the chamber from reaction of ethene with ozone. Three HCHO ro-vibrational line intensities (at 2909.71, 2912.09 and 2914.46 cm(-1)) possibly used by TDLAS were calibrated by FT-IR spectra simultaneously recorded in the 1600-3200 cm(-1) domain during ethene ozonolysis, enabling the on-line deduction of the varying concentration for HCHO in formation. The experimental line intensities values inferred confirmed the calculated ones from the updated HITRAN database. In addition, the feasibility of stratospheric in situ HCHO measurements using the 2912.09 cm(-1) line was demonstrated. The TDLAS performances were also assessed, leading to a 2sigma detection limit of 88 ppt in volume mixing ratio with a response time of 60 sec at 30 Torr and 294 K for 112 m optical path. As part of this work, the room-temperature rate constant of this reaction and the HCHO formation yield were found to be in excellent agreement with the compiled literature data.
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- V Catoire
- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), CNRS-Université d'Orléans (UMR 6115), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre, 3A Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orlnans Cedex 2, France.
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Yachmenev A, Yurchenko SN, Jensen P, Thiel W. A new “spectroscopic” potential energy surface for formaldehyde in its ground electronic state. J Chem Phys 2011; 134:244307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3599927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Carter S, Sharma AR, Bowman JM, Rosmus P, Tarroni R. Calculations of rovibrational energies and dipole transition intensities for polyatomic molecules using MULTIMODE. J Chem Phys 2010; 131:224106. [PMID: 20001023 DOI: 10.1063/1.3266577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We report rigorous calculations of rovibrational energies and dipole transition intensities for three molecules using a new version of the code MULTIMODE. The key features of this code which permit, for the first time, such calculations for moderately sized but otherwise general polyatomic molecules are briefly described. Calculations for the triatomic molecule BF(2) are done to validate the code. New calculations for H(2)CO and H(2)CS are reported; these make use of semiempirical potentials but ab initio dipole moment surfaces. The new dipole surface for H(2)CO is a full-dimensional fit to the dipole moment obtained with the coupled-cluster with single and double excitations and a perturbative treatment of triple excitations method with the augmented correlation consistent triple zeta basis set. Detailed comparisons are made with experimental results from a fit to relative data for H(2)CS and absolute intensities from the HITRAN database for H(2)CO.
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- Stuart Carter
- Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, RG6 2AD, England
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Ramasami P. Structures and vibrational spectroscopic parameters of selenoxopropanedinitrile and selenoxosilanedicarbonitrile: Theoretical study based on density functional theory method. HETEROATOM CHEMISTRY 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/hc.20535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Saha S, Barry H, Hancock G, Ritchie GAD, Western CM. Rotational analysis of the 2ν5 band of formaldehyde. Mol Phys 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/00268970601126767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Flaud JM, Lafferty WJ, Sams RL, Sharpe SW. High resolution spectroscopy of H2 12C16O in the 1.9 to 2.56 µm spectral range. Mol Phys 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/00268970600641568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- J.-M. Flaud
- a LISA , CNRS and Universités de Paris 12 et 7 , France
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- b National Institute for Standards and Technology , Gaithersburg, USA
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- c Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Richland, USA
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- c Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Richland, USA
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