Accuracy of Several Wave Function and Density Functional Theory Methods for Description of Noncovalent Interaction of Saturated and Unsaturated Hydrocarbon Dimers

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 2282-2292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Granatier ◽  
Michal Pitoňák ◽  
Pavel Hobza
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (47) ◽  
pp. 26232-26236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junjian Miao ◽  
Zhenhai Xiong ◽  
Yi Gao

A unique noncovalent interaction between XeO3 and 18-crown-6 has been studied by density functional theory.


2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (8) ◽  
pp. 858-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Jaque ◽  
José V. Correa ◽  
Frank De Proft ◽  
Alejandro Toro-Labbé ◽  
Paul Geerlings

In our continuous effort to retrieve the Woodward–Hoffmann rules from conceptual density functional theory (DFT), we have examined the last type of pericyclic reactions, i.e., chelotropic reactions. Both the initial hardness response and the dual descriptor have been investigated to predict the allowed and forbidden character for the addition of SO2 to butadiene (4n system) and 1,3,5-hexatriene (4n + 2 system). It is shown that with both electronic descriptors, the conrotatory/disrotatory mode for the linear and nonlinear mechanisms are retrieved based on a density-only approach, free from consideration of orbital and (or) wave function symmetry. The dual descriptor moreover reveals that stabilizing interactions are presented only for the linear path, which can be considered as an overall favourable mechanism for a chelotropic reaction.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 2399-2413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel O. Odoh ◽  
Giovanni Li Manni ◽  
Rebecca K. Carlson ◽  
Donald G. Truhlar ◽  
Laura Gagliardi

Here we present the separated-pair approximation for wave function theory and show that it performs almost as well as the more demanding complete active space approximation. We show that the combination of an SP wave function with an on-top density functional yields comparable accuracy to CASPT2 at a small fraction of the cost.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document