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  • Computational chemistry
  • Quantum chemistry
  • Theoretical chemistry

Background:

  • Pseudopotentials simplify electronic structure calculations by replacing core electrons and the nucleus with an effective potential.
  • Scalar relativistic Hartree-Fock pseudopotentials are crucial for accurate calculations involving heavy elements and large molecules.
  • The Trail-Needs-Dirac-Fock (TNDF) and Burkatzki-Filippi-Dolg (BFD) are widely adopted pseudopotentials in computational chemistry.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess and compare the accuracy of TNDF and BFD pseudopotentials.
  • To evaluate their performance for a diverse set of 34 first-row molecules.
  • To determine which pseudopotential set offers superior reproduction of key molecular properties.

Main Methods:

  • Hartree-Fock (HF) level of theory was employed for all calculations.
  • Comparison of all-electron results with pseudopotential calculations.
  • Evaluation of equilibrium geometries, molecular dissociation energies, and zero-point vibrational energies.

Main Results:

  • Both TNDF and BFD pseudopotentials demonstrated good accuracy in reproducing molecular properties.
  • TNDF pseudopotentials showed slightly higher accuracy compared to BFD pseudopotentials.
  • The differences in accuracy were observed for equilibrium geometries, dissociation energies, and vibrational energies.

Conclusions:

  • TNDF pseudopotentials offer a marginal improvement in accuracy over BFD pseudopotentials for the studied first-row molecules at the HF level.
  • Both pseudopotential sets are reliable for general use in computational chemistry, with TNDF being preferable for higher precision.
  • The findings guide the selection of appropriate pseudopotentials for electronic structure calculations.