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Molecular Models. Methodology: Modify Wavefunction. Theory: Wavefunction. Computation: Basis Set. Computation: Basis Set. Computation: Electron Correlation. Configuration Interaction (CI). unoccupied. occupied. Moller Plesset (MP). Hartree-Fock close to Full Hamiltonian.
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Configuration Interaction (CI) unoccupied occupied
Moller Plesset (MP) • Hartree-Fock close to Full Hamiltonian Perturbation
Results: Geometry Mean Absolute Errors for A-H bond parameters Mean Errors for A-B bond parameters
Singlet-Triplet Splittings (kcal/mole): Eexp = 9.2 kcal/mole Results: Energy
Results: Charge Example: Chlorine atomic charge in CH3Cl, HF Mulliken and NPA charges ; calculated with many basis sets (at the HF/6-31G* optimized geometry).
Problems: BSSE Basis Set Superposition Error