Gaussian-3 theory using reduced Møller-Plesset order
J. Chem. Phys. 110, 4703 (1999); doi:10.1063/1.478385
Issue Date: 8 March 1999
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A variation of Gaussian-3 (G3) theory is presented in which the basis set extensions are obtained at the second-order MøllerPlesset level. This method, referred to as G3(MP2) theory, is assessed on 299 energies from the G2/97 test set [J. Chem. Phys. 109, 42 (1998)]. The average absolute deviation from experiment of G3(MP2) theory for the 299 energies is 1.30 kcal/mol and for the subset of 148 neutral enthalpies it is 1.18 kcal/mol. This is a significant improvement over the related G2(MP2) theory [J. Chem. Phys. 98, 1293 (1993)], which has an average absolute deviation of 1.89 kcal/mol for all 299 energies and 2.03 kcal/mol for the 148 neutral enthalpies. The corresponding average absolute deviations for full G3 theory are 1.01 and 0.94 kcal/mol, respectively. The new method provides significant savings in computational time compared to G3 theory and, also, G2(MP2) theory.©1999 American Institute of Physics.
| History: | Received 24 September 1998; accepted 23 November 1998 |
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KEYWORDS and PACS
PERTURBATION THEORY,
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE,
MOLECULES,
IONIZATION POTENTIAL,
ELECTRONEGATIVITY,
AFFINITY,
GO calculations,
ab initio calculations,
ionisation potential,
electron affinity,
proton affinity
- 31.15.Md
Electronic structure of atoms, molecules and their ions: theory Calculations and mathematical techniques in atomic and molecular physics (excluding electron correlation calculations) Perturbation theory - 31.15.Ar
Electronic structure of atoms, molecules and their ions: theory Calculations and mathematical techniques in atomic and molecular physics (excluding electron correlation calculations) Ab initio calculations - 33.15.Ry
Molecular properties and interactions with photons Properties of molecules and molecular ions Ionization potentials, electron affinities, molecular core binding energy - 31.90.+s
Electronic structure of atoms, molecules and their ions: theory Other topics in the theory of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, and their ions (restricted to new topics in section 31) - YEAR: 1999
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