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Kenneth Ruud

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PubMed2004

Calibration of the n-electron valence state perturbation theory approach.

Extensive tests have been performed to benchmark and to compare with second-order perturbation theory based on a complete active space self-consistent field reference function (CASPT2), the recently developed n-electron valence state perturbation theory at second order (NEVPT2). Test calculations included the group fifteen diatomic molecules X(2) (X=N, P, As, and Sb) and the (4)S/(2)D and (4)S/(2)P splittings for the corresponding atoms, the (1)A(1)-(3)B(1) splittings for CH(2) and SiH(2), and the absorption spectra of pyrrole and of Cu(Imidazole)(2)(SH)(SH(2))(+), which is a model for plastocyanin. Comparisons with full configuration-interaction calculations and experimental data show that the accuracy of NEVPT2 is in most cases even better than CASPT2. Where intruder states hamper the CASPT2 calculations, NEVPT2 performs significantly better. Care is needed in the choice of active orbitals, for example in the calculation of the (4)S/(2)D and (4)S/(2)P splittings for the group fifteen atoms. This is due to the different treatment of orbitals belonging to the inactive or active spaces, making the NEVPT2 not invariant for the choice of active space, even in cases where the multiconfiguration self-consistent field energy is invariant.

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PubMed2004

New developments in the symmetry-adapted algorithm of the Polarizable Continuum Model.

We present recent developments in the symmetry implementation of the Polarizable Continuum Model (PCM). The structure of the matrix, which defines the PCM solvent response, is examined, and we demonstrate how this matrix can be transformed to a block diagonal form where each block belongs to different irreducible representations of the molecular point group. This development is especially important at the Multi-configurational Self-Consistent Field (MCSCF) level where symmetry is needed to avoid problems with symmetry breaking in the wave function and facilitate the optimization of electronic excited states. Moreover, although only the totally symmetric part of the solvent interaction is needed for energy calculations, in response or perturbation theory calculations of molecular properties, other irreps play an important role and the classification of solvent interaction terms by irrep is, therefore, desirable. In addition, the use of symmetry reduces the computational cost. The implementation presented here is illustrated with a series of calculations of absorption and emission processes in solution on the diazines pyrazine, pyrimidine, and pyridazine. These calculations allow us to illustrate both formal aspects of the implementation such as the choice of active spaces based on orbital symmetry as well as practical aspects such as the speed-up of the calculation.

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PubMed2004

Solvent effects on the spin-spin coupling constants of acetylene revisited: supermolecular and polarizable continuum model calculations.

The solvent shifts of the spin-spin coupling constants of acetylene were calculated using the polarizable continuum model (PCM) for solvents ranging in polarity from cyclohexane to water, using both density functional theory (DFT) and the complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) method. The spin-spin coupling constants were also calculated for complexes of acetylene with water, acetonitrile, acetone and benzene using DFT/B3LYP. It is demonstrated that PCM reproduces the substantial experimental solvent shifts of the (1)J(C,C) and (1)J(C,H) couplings with great accuracy. The sign and approximate magnitude are also rendered correctly by the supermolecular method, in spite of the limitation of the models, which included only one or two solvent molecules.

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PubMed2002

Relativistic spin-orbit coupling effects on secondary isotope shifts of (13)C nuclear shielding in CX(2) (X = O, S, Se, Te).

Rovibrational corrections, temperature dependence, and secondary isotope shifts of the (13)C nuclear shielding in CX(2) (X = O, S, Se, Te) are calculated taking into account the relativistic spin-orbit (SO) interaction. The SO effect is considered for the first time for the secondary isotope shifts. The nuclear shielding hypersurface in terms of nuclear displacements is calculated by using a density-functional theory method. Ab initio multiconfiguration self-consistent field calculations are done at the equilibrium geometry for comparison. (13)C NMR measurements are carried out for CS(2). The calculated results are compared with both present and earlier experimental data on CO(2), CS(2), and CSe(2). The heavy-atom SO effects on the rovibrational corrections of (13)C shielding are shown to be significant. For CSe(2) and CTe(2), reliable prediction of secondary isotope effects and their temperature dependence requires the inclusion of the SO corrections. In particular, earlier discrepancies of theory and experiment for CSe(2) are fully resolved by taking the SO interactions into account.

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