Density functional theory for transition metals and transition metal chemistry

CJ Cramer, DG Truhlar - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
We introduce density functional theory and review recent progress in its application to
transition metal chemistry. Topics covered include local, meta, hybrid, hybrid meta, and …

Exploring local currents in molecular junctions

GC Solomon, C Herrmann, T Hansen, V Mujica… - Nature Chemistry, 2010 - nature.com
Electron transfer through molecules is an ubiquitous process underlying the function of
biological systems and synthetic devices. The electronic coupling between components …

Chiral-induced spin selectivity and non-equilibrium spin accumulation in molecules and interfaces: A first-principles study

S Naskar, V Mujica, C Herrmann - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrons moving through chiral molecules are selected according to their spin orientation
and the helicity of the molecule, an effect known as chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) …

A theoretical challenge: Transition-metal compounds

M Reiher - Chimia, 2009 - chimia.ch
Quantum chemistry meets one of its greatest challenges in the field of transition-metal
compounds capable of fascinating chemical transformations. Complicated electronic …

Spin-pure stochastic-CASSCF via GUGA-FCIQMC applied to iron–sulfur clusters

W Dobrautz, O Weser, NA Bogdanov… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this work, we demonstrate how to efficiently compute the one-and two-body reduced
density matrices within the spin-adapted full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo …

LOBA: a localized orbital bonding analysis to calculate oxidation states, with application to a model water oxidation catalyst

AJW Thom, EJ Sundstrom… - Physical Chemistry …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
We propose a method for calculation of oxidation states in transition metal complexes,
utilizing a bonding analysis based on localized molecular orbitals in conjunction with …

Stable “inverse” sandwich complex with unprecedented organocalcium (I): crystal structures of [(thf) 2Mg (Br)-C6H2-2, 4, 6-Ph3] and [(thf) 3Ca {μ-C6H3-1, 3, 5-Ph3} …

S Krieck, H Görls, L Yu, M Reiher… - Journal of the …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The reaction of bromo-2, 4, 6-triphenylbenzene with activated magnesium in THF yielded
the Grignard reagent [(thf) 2Mg (Br)-C6H2-2, 4, 6-Ph3](1) with a Mg− C bond length of 214.8 …

First-Principles Investigation of the Schrock Mechanism of Dinitrogen Reduction Employing the Full HIPTN3N Ligand

S Schenk, B Le Guennic, B Kirchner… - Inorganic …, 2008 - ACS Publications
In this work, we investigate with density functional methods mechanistic details of catalytic
dinitrogen reduction mediated by Schrock's molybdenum complex under ambient …

Spin resonance amplitude and frequency of a single atom on a surface in a vector magnetic field

J Kim, W Jang, TH Bui, DJ Choi, C Wolf, F Delgado… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We investigated spin-1/2 hydrogenated titanium (Ti) atoms on MgO using scanning
tunneling microscopy (STM) combined with electron spin resonance (ESR) in vector …

[HTML][HTML] Local relativistic exact decoupling

D Peng, M Reiher - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We present a systematic hierarchy of approximations for local exact decoupling of four-
component quantum chemical Hamiltonians based on the Dirac equation. Our ansatz …