Approximate ab initio calculations and the method of molecular fragments

Brailsford, David F. (1975) Approximate ab initio calculations and the method of molecular fragments. In: Quantum Chemistry - The State of the Art, 8-10 April 1974, St Catherine's College Oxford.

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Abstract

A two stage approach to performing ab initio calculations on medium and large sized molecules is described. The first step is to perform SCF calculations on small molecules or molecular fragments using the OPIT Program. This employs a small basis set of spherical and p-type Gaussian functions. The Gaussian functions can be identified very closely with atomic cores, bond pairs, lone pairs, etc. The position and exponent of any of the Gaussian functions can be varied by OPIT to produce a small but fully optimised basis set. The second stage is the molecular fragments method. As an example of this, Gaussian exponents and distances are taken from an OPIT calculation on ethylene and used unchanged in a single SCF calculation on benzene. Approximate ab initio calculations of this type give much useful information and are often preferable to semi-empirical approaches, since the nature of the approximations involved is much better defined.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1025738
Additional Information: This is a re-built PDF version of the "final draft" of this conference paper.
Keywords: SCF, Molecular orbitals, Gaussian functions, molecular fragments
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Computer Science
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Mathematical Sciences
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
Depositing User: Brailsford, Prof David
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2005
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 20:34
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/163

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