ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The correlation energies obtained by the fourth-order diagrammatic perturbation theory were analyzed for three diatomic molecules: N2, CO, and F2. The results were compared with correlation energies obtained previously for the ten-electron hydrides HF, H2O, and NH3. The relative importance of contributions which arise from the double excitations, from the quadruple excitations, as well as from the renormalization term was investigated. It is shown that for the diatomic molecules under study these contributions are considerably larger than for the ten-electron hydrides not only in absolute value but also in percentage: they represent about 3, 3, and 5%, respectively, of the valence shell correlation energy obtained by the perturbation theory up to the fourth order. A careful analysis of the fourth-order correlation effects is also presented for the reaction energy of the process ½H2 + ½F2 = HF.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560180608
