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Molecular mechanics valence bond methods for large active spaces. Application to conjugated polycyclic hydrocarbons

✍ Scribed by Michael J. Bearpark; Michael A. Robb; Fernando Bernardi; Massimo Olivucci


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
568 KB
Volume
217
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-2614

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✦ Synopsis


The implementation of the Clifford-algebra unitary group approach (first discussed by Paldus) in the context of a Heisenberg Hamiltonian formulation of the VB problem is described. It is demonstrated that this technique leads to an efficient extension of the molecular mechanics valence bond (MM-VB) method to large active space applications, by canying out full geometry optimisations on the S, state of coronene (24 active electrons), the So and S, states of naphthalene ( 10 active electrons) and the So and T, states of triangulene (22 active electrons).