Accuracy and interpretability: The devil and the holy grail. New routes across old boundaries in computational spectroscopy

C Puzzarini, J Bloino, N Tasinato, V Barone - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed an increasing interaction between experiment and theory in
the field of molecular spectroscopy. On the computational side, ongoing developments of …

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 …

Evolution of Solute–Water Interactions in the Benzaldehyde-(H2O)1–6 Clusters by Rotational Spectroscopy

W Li, C Pérez, AL Steber, M Schnell, D Lv… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The investigation on the preferred arrangement and intermolecular interactions of gas phase
solute–water clusters gives insights into the intermolecular potentials that govern the …

Extension of the “cheap” composite approach to noncovalent interactions: The jun-ChS scheme

S Alessandrini, V Barone… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A new variant of the so-called “cheap” composite scheme has been purposely developed for
the evaluation of the interaction energy of noncovalent molecular complexes, with its various …

Rotational dive into the water clusters on a simple sugar substrate

AL Steber, B Temelso, Z Kisiel… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Most biomolecular activity takes place in aqueous environments, and it is strongly influenced
by the surrounding water molecules. The hydrogen bond networks that these water …

Diving for accurate structures in the ocean of molecular systems with the help of spectroscopy and quantum chemistry

C Puzzarini, V Barone - Accounts of chemical research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The prediction and interpretation of structural properties are the starting points
for a deep understanding of thermochemistry, kinetics, and spectroscopic signatures of …

High-resolution spectroscopic studies of complexes formed by medium-size organic molecules

M Becucci, S Melandri - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
A wealth of structural and dynamical information has been obtained in the last 30 years from
the study of high-resolution spectra of molecular clusters generated in a cold supersonic …

Microhydrated 3‐Methyl‐3‐oxetanemethanol: Evolution of the Hydrogen‐Bonding Network from Chains to Cubes

W Sun, M Schnell - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Broadband rotational spectroscopy is used to investigate the geometries of 3‐methyl‐3‐
oxetanemethanol and its complexes with up to six water molecules, which are produced in …

Gas-phase computational spectroscopy: The challenge of the molecular bricks of life

V Barone, C Puzzarini - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Gas-phase molecular spectroscopy is a natural playground for accurate quantum-chemical
computations. However, the molecular bricks of life (eg, DNA bases or amino acids) are …

Quantum chemistry meets high-resolution spectroscopy for characterizing the molecular bricks of life in the gas-phase

V Barone - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Computation of accurate geometrical structures and spectroscopic properties of large
flexible molecules in the gas-phase is tackled at an affordable cost using a general …