ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
The equilibrium bond distances, harmonic frequencies, and bond dissociation energies of the 21 homonuclear diatomics Li2 - F2, Na2 - Cl2, and K2 - Br2 have been determined using approximate density functional theory (DFT) employing various widely used functionals and basis sets ranging from single zeta to triple zeta plus polarization quality. The results are in general much less sensitive to the size of the basis set as in conventional ab initio molecular orbital (MO) theory, while the choice of the functional is of much more significance. For one basis set (6-311G*), the performance of the DFT-based calculations has been compared and found to be superior to Hartree-Fock (HF) Møller Plesset second order perturbation theory (MP2), or configuration interaction with single and double excitations (CISD) calculations. Particularly, no pathological cases, such as the group 2 dimers (Be2, Mg2, Ca2), are observed. © 1995 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
9 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540160506
