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Abinitioeffectivecorepotentialsformolecularcalculations.PotentialsforthetransitionmetalatomsSctoHg
AbstractAbinitioeffectivecorepotentials(ECP’s)havebeengeneratedtoreplacetheCoulomb,exchange,andcore‐orthogonalityeffectsofthechemicallyinertcoreelectroninthetransitionmetalatomsSctoHg.ForthesecondandthirdtransitionseriesrelativeECP’shavebeengeneratedwhichalsoincorporatethemass–velocityandDarwinrelativisticeffectsintothepotential.TheabinitioECP’sshouldfacilitatevalenceelectroncalculationsonmoleculescontainingtransition‐metalatomswithaccuraciesapproachingall‐electroncalculationsatafractionofthecomputationalcost.Analyticfitstothepotentialsarepresentedforuseinmulticenterintegralevaluation.Gaussianorbitalvalencebasissetsaredevelopedforthe(3d,4s,4p),(4d,5s,5p),and(5d,6s,6p)orbitalsofthefirst,second,andthirdtransitionseriesatoms,respectively.All‐electronandvalence‐electronatomicexcitationenergiesarealsocomparedforthelow‐lyingstatesofSc–Hg,andthevalence‐electroncalculationsarefoundtoreproducetheall‐electronexcitationenergies(typicallywithinafewtenthsofaneV).REFERENCES1.Y.S.LeeandA.D.McLean,J.Chem.Phys.76,735(1982).GoogleScholarScitation2.J.P.DesclauxandP.Pyykko,Chem.Phys.Lett.29,534(1974).GoogleScholarCrossref3.SeeRef.4foracompletediscussionofeffectivepotentialtechniquesupto1976.GoogleScholar4.L.R.Kahn,P.Baybutt,andD.G.Truhlar,J.Chem.Phys.65,3826(1976).GoogleScholarScitation5.(a)S.Topiol,J.W.Moskowitz,andC.F.Melius,J.Chem.Phys.68,2864(1978);GoogleScholarScitation
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