Best‐practice DFT protocols for basic molecular computational chemistry

M Bursch, JM Mewes, A Hansen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, many chemical investigations are supported by routine calculations of molecular
structures, reaction energies, barrier heights, and spectroscopic properties. The lion's share …

[HTML][HTML] Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package

E Epifanovsky, ATB Gilbert, X Feng, J Lee… - The Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This article summarizes technical advances contained in the fifth major release of the Q-
Chem quantum chemistry program package, covering developments since 2015. A …

r2SCAN-3c: A “Swiss army knife” composite electronic-structure method

S Grimme, A Hansen, S Ehlert… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The recently proposed r 2 SCAN meta-generalized-gradient approximation (mGGA) of
Furness and co-workers is used to construct an efficient composite electronic-structure …

Computational molecular spectroscopy

V Barone, S Alessandrini, M Biczysko… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Spectroscopic techniques can probe molecular systems non-invasively and investigate their
structure, properties and dynamics in different environments and physico-chemical …

Assessing density functional theory for chemically relevant open-shell transition metal reactions

LR Maurer, M Bursch, S Grimme… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Due to the principle lack of systematic improvement possibilities of density functional theory,
careful assessment of the performance of density functional approximations (DFAs) on well …

Comprehensive benchmark results for the domain based local pair natural orbital coupled cluster method (DLPNO-CCSD (T)) for closed-and open-shell systems

DG Liakos, Y Guo, F Neese - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this study we examine the accuracy of domain-based local pair natural orbital coupled
cluster theory with single, double, and perturbative triple excitations (DLPNO-CCSD (T)) on …

Connections between the accuracy of rotational constants and equilibrium molecular structures

C Puzzarini, JF Stanton - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Rotational spectroscopy is the technique of choice for investigating molecular structures in
the gas phase. Indeed, rotational constants are strongly connected to the geometry of the …

Empirical double‐hybrid density functional theory: A 'third way'in between WFT and DFT

JML Martin, G Santra - Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Double hybrid density functional theory arguably sits on the seamline between wavefunction
methods and DFT: it represents a special case of Rung 5 on the “Jacob's Ladder” of John P …

Accurate biomolecular structures by the nano-LEGO approach: Pick the bricks and build your geometry

G Ceselin, V Barone, N Tasinato - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The determination of accurate equilibrium molecular structures plays a fundamental role for
understanding many physical–chemical properties of molecules, ranging from the precise …

Time-dependent long-range-corrected double-hybrid density functionals with spin-component and spin-opposite scaling: A comprehensive analysis of singlet–singlet …

M Casanova-Páez, L Goerigk - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Following the work on spin-component and spin-opposite scaled (SCS/SOS) global double
hybrids for singlet–singlet excitations by Schwabe and Goerigk [J. Chem. Theory Comput …