ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
A simple extension of the Newton-Raphson method is proposed that approximately accounts for anharmonicity in bond-stretching coordinates. By modeling each bonded distance in a polyatomic molecule as a Morse oscillator with no anharmonic stretch-stretch or stretch-bend coupling, a multiplicative correction factor to the Newton-Raphson step is derived. Representative examples suggest that the rate of convergence of the proposed scheme is typically faster than that of the standard Newton-Raphson method.
Additional Material:
3 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540110106