Issue 31, 2007

Ab initio methods for reactive potential surfaces

Abstract

Case studies of ten reactions using a variety of standard electronic structure methods are presented. These case studies are used to illustrate the usefulness and shortcomings of these standard methods for various classes of reactions. Limited comparisons with experiment are made. The reactions studied include four radical–radical combinations, H + CH3 → CH4, CH3 + CH3 → C2H6, H + HCO → H2CO and CH3 + HCO → CH3CHO, three abstraction reactions, H + HO2 → H2 + O2, H + HCO → H2 + CO and CH3 + HCO → CH4 + CO, a radical–molecule addition, H + HCCH → C2H3, and two molecular decompositions, H2CO → H2 + CO and CH3CHO → CH4 + CO. The electronic structure methods used are DFT, MP2, CCSD(T), QCISD(T), CASSCF, CASPT2, and CAS+1+2+QC.

Graphical abstract: Ab initio methods for reactive potential surfaces

Article information

Article type
Invited Article
Submitted
10 Apr 2007
Accepted
10 May 2007
First published
06 Jun 2007

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007,9, 4055-4070

Ab initio methods for reactive potential surfaces

L. B. Harding, S. J. Klippenstein and A. W. Jasper, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 4055 DOI: 10.1039/B705390H

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