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Ghassemi Tabrizi S, Arbuznikov AV, Jiménez-Hoyos CA, Kaupp M. Hyperfine-Coupling Tensors from Projected Hartree-Fock Theory. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:6222-6235. [PMID: 32841008 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We assess the calculation of hyperfine coupling (HFC) tensors by different variants of Projected Hartree-Fock (PHF) theory. For a set of small main-group S = 1/2 radicals (BO, CO+, CN, AlO, vinyl, methyl, ethynyl), spin-symmetry as well as complex-conjugation and point-group symmetry are first broken in a reference determinant, and then variationally restored, in the frame of the modern formulation of PHF theory. Historically, PHF theory was basically restricted to the restoration of spin symmetry from an unrestricted HF determinant (conserving Sz symmetry). This afforded unsatisfactory HFCs. We obtain far better results for isotropic (and anisotropic) HFCs when the variational energy is further lowered by working with generalized determinants that completely break spin symmetry, and when additional symmetries are used. Specifically, complex-conjugation projection recovers a substantial fraction of the dynamical correlation energy in small molecules, and the detailed equations for combined complex-conjugation, spin- and point-group projection in the density-matrix/diagonalization formulation of PHF theory are here reported for the first time. The compact representation of the PHF wave function allows for a straightforward evaluation of the spin-density matrix and of HFC tensors with little effort. The promising performance of PHF theory may motivate the application of post-PHF methods to the calculation of HFC tensors.
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- Shadan Ghassemi Tabrizi
- Institut für Chemie, Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Sekr. C7, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Sekr. C7, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, United States
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- Institut für Chemie, Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Sekr. C7, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Lan TN, Kurashige Y, Yanai T. Toward Reliable Prediction of Hyperfine Coupling Constants Using Ab Initio Density Matrix Renormalization Group Method: Diatomic 2Σ and Vinyl Radicals as Test Cases. J Chem Theory Comput 2014; 10:1953-67. [DOI: 10.1021/ct400978j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tran Nguyen Lan
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
- Department
of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
- Department
of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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Tai TB, Nguyen MT, Dixon DA. Thermochemical properties and electronic structure of boron oxides BnOm (n = 5-10, m = 1-2) and their anions. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:2893-912. [PMID: 20112902 DOI: 10.1021/jp909512m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The molecular and electronic structures of a series of small boron monoxide and dioxide clusters B(n)O(m) (n = 5-10, m = 1, 2) plus their anions were predicted. The enthalpies of formation (DeltaH(f)'s), electron affinities (EAs), vertical detachment energies, and energies of different fragmentation processes are predicted using the G3B3 method. The G3B3 results were benchmarked with respect to more accurate CCSD(T)/CBS values for n = 1-4 with average deviations of +/-1.5 kcal/mol for DeltaH(f)'s and +/-0.03 eV for EAs. The results extend previous observations on the growth mechanism for boron oxide clusters: (i) The low spin electronic state is consistently favored. (ii) The most stable structure of a neutral boron monoxide B(n)O is obtained either by condensing O on a BB edge of a B(n) cycle, or by binding one BO group to a B(n-1) ring. The balance between both factors is dependent on the inherent stability of the boron cycles. (iii) A boron dioxide is formed by incorporating the second O atom into the corresponding monoxide to form BO bonds. (iv) A B(n)O(m)(-) anion is constructed with BO groups bound to the B(n-1) or B(n-2) rings (yielding the B(n-2)(BO)(2)(-) species). This becomes the preferred geometry for the larger boron dioxides, even in the neutral state. The boronyl group mainly behaves as an electron-withdrawing substituent reducing the binding energy and resonance energy of the oxides. (v) The boron oxides conserve some of the properties of the parent boron clusters such as the planarity and multiple aromaticity.
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- Truong Ba Tai
- Department of Chemistry and LMCC-Mathematical Modeling and Computational Science Center, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Nguyen MT, Matus MH, Ngan VT, Grant DJ, Dixon DA. Thermochemistry and Electronic Structure of Small Boron and Boron Oxide Clusters and Their Anions. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:4895-909. [DOI: 10.1021/jp811391v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Minh Tho Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium, and Unidad de Servicios de Apoyo en Resolución Analítica, Universidad Veracruzana, A. P. 575, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium, and Unidad de Servicios de Apoyo en Resolución Analítica, Universidad Veracruzana, A. P. 575, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium, and Unidad de Servicios de Apoyo en Resolución Analítica, Universidad Veracruzana, A. P. 575, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium, and Unidad de Servicios de Apoyo en Resolución Analítica, Universidad Veracruzana, A. P. 575, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium, and Unidad de Servicios de Apoyo en Resolución Analítica, Universidad Veracruzana, A. P. 575, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico
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Hyperfine coupling constants for N2+, BO, AlO and GaO in rare gas matrices, using the polarizable continuum model. Chem Phys Lett 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2005.10.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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