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Supplementary d and f functions in molecular wave functions at large and small internuclear separations
Author(s) -
Magnusson Eric
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of computational chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.907
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1096-987X
pISSN - 0192-8651
DOI - 10.1002/jcc.540140111
Subject(s) - wave function , gaussian , bond length , range (aeronautics) , chemistry , basis (linear algebra) , function (biology) , hartree–fock method , atomic physics , computational chemistry , physics , molecule , quantum mechanics , mathematics , geometry , materials science , evolutionary biology , composite material , biology
The CO, CO 2 , CS, CIF, and SO 2 molecules were used to test the dependence of supplementary d and f function exponents to changes in bond lengths and bond angles in MO calculations utilizing Gaussian basis sets in Hartree–Fock and Moller–Plesset calculations. Using Dunning–Hay double zeta basis sets, optimizations were performed at internuclear separations from 100–200 pm and beyond. The energy cost of not reoptimizing d function exponents when bonds are stretched or compressed is much smaller for correlated calculations than for those at the Hartree–Fock level and is greatest at the lower end of the range of internuclear distances. The problem is much less serious at all levels when multiple sets of d functions are used. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.