Accuracy and interpretability: The devil and the holy grail. New routes across old boundaries in computational spectroscopy

C Puzzarini, J Bloino, N Tasinato, V Barone - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed an increasing interaction between experiment and theory in
the field of molecular spectroscopy. On the computational side, ongoing developments of …

Aiming at an accurate prediction of vibrational and electronic spectra for medium‐to‐large molecules: An overview

J Bloino, A Baiardi, M Biczysko - International Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this tutorial review, we present some effective methodologies available for the simulation
of vibrational and vibrationally resolved electronic spectra of medium‐to‐large molecules …

Electrochemically driven cross-electrophile coupling of alkyl halides

W Zhang, L Lu, W Zhang, Y Wang, SD Ware… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Recent research in medicinal chemistry has suggested that there is a correlation between
an increase in the fraction of sp 3 carbons—those bonded to four other atoms—in drug …

ωB97X-V: A 10-parameter, range-separated hybrid, generalized gradient approximation density functional with nonlocal correlation, designed by a survival-of-the …

N Mardirossian, M Head-Gordon - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A 10-parameter, range-separated hybrid (RSH), generalized gradient approximation (GGA)
density functional with nonlocal correlation (VV10) is presented. Instead of truncating the …

Computational thermochemistry: scale factor databases and scale factors for vibrational frequencies obtained from electronic model chemistries

IM Alecu, J Zheng, Y Zhao… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Optimized scale factors for calculating vibrational harmonic and fundamental frequencies
and zero-point energies have been determined for 145 electronic model chemistries …

Minimally augmented Karlsruhe basis sets

J Zheng, X Xu, DG Truhlar - Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2011 - Springer
We propose an extension of the basis sets proposed by Ahlrichs and coworkers at Karlsruhe
(these basis sets are designated as the second-generation default or “def2” basis sets in the …

Perspectives on basis sets beautiful: Seasonal plantings of diffuse basis functions

E Papajak, J Zheng, X Xu, HR Leverentz… - Journal of chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We present a perspective on the use of diffuse basis functions for electronic structure
calculations by density functional theory and wave function theory. We especially emphasize …

Atmospheric chemistry of Criegee intermediates: Unimolecular reactions and reactions with water

B Long, JL Bao, DG Truhlar - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Criegee intermediates are produced in the ozonolysis of unsaturated hydrocarbons in the
troposphere, and understanding their fate is a prerequisite to modeling climate-controlling …

Epoxide as a precursor to secondary organic aerosol formation from isoprene photooxidation in the presence of nitrogen oxides

YH Lin, H Zhang, HOT Pye, Z Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Isoprene is a substantial contributor to the global secondary organic aerosol (SOA) burden,
with implications for public health and the climate system. The mechanism by which …

[HTML][HTML] An improved potential energy surface and multi-temperature quasiclassical trajectory calculations of N2+ N2 dissociation reactions

JD Bender, P Valentini, I Nompelis, Y Paukku… - The Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Accurate modeling of high-temperature hypersonic flows in the atmosphere requires
consideration of collision-induced dissociation of molecular species and energy transfer …