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Hybrid exchange-correlation functional determined from thermochemical data and ab initio potentials

Wilson, P.J.; Bradley, T.J.; Tozer, D.J.

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P.J. Wilson

T.J. Bradley



Abstract

Multiplicative potentials, appropriate for adding to the non- multiplicative fractional orbital exchange term in the Kohn- Sham equations, are determined from correlated ab initio electron densities. The potentials are examined graphically and are used in conjunction with conventional thermochemical data to determine a new hybrid exchange-correlation functional, denoted B97-2. Calculations using B97-2 are compared with those from (a) the B97-1 functional [J. Chem. Phys. 109, 6264 (1998)], which has the same functional form and fraction of orbital exchange, but was fitted to just thermochemical data; and (b) the widely used B3LYP functional [J. Chem. Phys. 98, 5648 (1993)]. B97-2 atomization energies are close to those from B97-1; total electronic energies and ionization potentials are less accurate, but remain an improvement over B3LYP. Molecular structures from all three functionals are comparable. Static isotropic polarizabilities improve from B3LYP to B97-1 to B97-2; the B97-2 functional underestimates experimental values, which is consistent with the neglect of zero-point vibrational corrections. NMR shielding constants-determined as the conventional second derivative of the electronic energy- improve from B3LYP to B97-1 to B97-2. Shieldings determined directly from these DFT electron densities using the recently proposed MKS approach [Chem. Phys. Lett. 337, 341 (2001)] are two to three times more accurate than the conventional shieldings, and exhibit an analogous improvement across the three functionals. Classical reaction barriers for sixteen chemical reactions improve significantly from B3LYP to B97-1 to B97-2. The introduction of multiplicative potentials into semi- empirical hybrid functional development therefore appears beneficial.

Citation

Wilson, P., Bradley, T., & Tozer, D. (2001). Hybrid exchange-correlation functional determined from thermochemical data and ab initio potentials. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 115(20), 9233-9242. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1412605

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2001-11
Deposit Date Apr 19, 2007
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Chemical Physics
Print ISSN 0021-9606
Electronic ISSN 1089-7690
Publisher American Institute of Physics
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 115
Issue 20
Pages 9233-9242
DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1412605

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Wilson, P. J. and Bradley, T. J. and Tozer, D. J. (2001) 'Hybrid exchange-correlation functional determined from thermochemical data and ab initio potentials.', Journal of chemical physics., 115 (20). pp. 9233-9242.

and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1412605





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