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Analytical energy gradients with respect to orbital exponents for molecular SCF wavefunctions

✍ Scribed by Kenro Hashimoto; Yoshihiro Osamura


Book ID
103026484
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
474 KB
Volume
164
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-2614

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✦ Synopsis


Analytic first derivatives of the electronic energy are used to obtain the optimum orbital exponents for molecular SCF wavefunctions. We have employed the McMurchie-Davidson formula, since the energy derivatives require evaluation of molecular integrals with high angular momenta. Optimized orbital exponents are presented for Hz, CH,, NH3, HZ0 and HF with uncontracted Gaussian-type functions. The derivation from the optimized atomic exponents is discussed.