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Theoretical study of CH4-CH4, CHF3-CH4, CH4-H2O, and CHF3-H2O dimers
João B L Martins1, José R S Politi, Edgardo Garcia
1Instituto de Química, Laboratório de Química Computacional, Universidade de Brasília, CP 4478, Brasília, DF, 70904-970, Brazil. lopes@unb.br
Abstract:
We have studied systems with typical hydrogen bonding and others with interaction involving hydrogen. CH(4)-CH(4), CH(4)-H(2)O, CHF(3)-CH(4), and CHF(3)-H(2)O dimers were studied using MPWB1K, PBE1PBE, MP2, and QCISD levels of theory with a large number of basis functions. The Pople 6-31+G(2d), 6-311++G(2d,2p), and 6-311++G(3df,3pd) as well as Dunning augmented aug-cc-pVDZ and aug-cc-pVTZ basis sets were used. The dimer geometries were fully optimized. An optimal basis set was determined for these systems to achieve a suitable compromise between accuracy and computational feasibility. A proper strategy was found for the electronic property calculations of dimers studied: the use of aug-cc-pVDZ as the optimal basis set at MP2 level. Dipole moments, polarizabilities, BSSE effects, and DeltaZPE were also analyzed for these dimers.
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