Conceptual, qualitative, and quantitative theories of 1, 3‐dipolar and diels–alder cycloadditions used in synthesis

DH Ess, GO Jones, KN Houk - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The application and performance of conceptual and qualitative theories and quantitative
quantum mechanical methods to the study of mechanism, reactivity, and selectivity of 1, 3 …

Design of density functionals by combining the method of constraint satisfaction with parametrization for thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and noncovalent …

Y Zhao, NE Schultz, DG Truhlar - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We present a new hybrid meta exchange-correlation functional, called M05-2X, for
thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and noncovalent interactions. We also provide a …

Design of density functionals that are broadly accurate for thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and nonbonded interactions

Y Zhao, DG Truhlar - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2005 - ACS Publications
This paper develops two new hybrid meta exchange-correlation functionals for
thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and nonbonded interactions. The new …

Prescription for the design and selection of density functional approximations: More constraint satisfaction with fewer fits

JP Perdew, A Ruzsinszky, J Tao… - The Journal of …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We present the case for the nonempirical construction of density functional approximations
for the exchange-correlation energy by the traditional method of “constraint satisfaction” …

Benchmark database of barrier heights for heavy atom transfer, nucleophilic substitution, association, and unimolecular reactions and its use to test theoretical …

Y Zhao, N González-García… - The Journal of Physical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
A benchmark database of forward and reverse barrier heights for 19 non-hydrogen-transfer
reactions has been developed by using Weizmann 1 calculations, and 29 DFT methods and …

Kinetics of radical‐molecule reactions in aqueous solution: A benchmark study of the performance of density functional methods

A Galano, JR Alvarez‐Idaboy - Journal of computational …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of 18 density functional approximations has been tested for a very
challenging task, the calculations of rate constants for radical‐molecule reactions in …

Benchmark databases for nonbonded interactions and their use to test density functional theory

Y Zhao, DG Truhlar - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2005 - ACS Publications
We present four benchmark databases of binding energies for nonbonded complexes. Four
types of nonbonded interactions are considered: hydrogen bonding, charge transfer, dipole …

SIX-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS OF DISSOCIATIVE CHEMISORPTION OF H2 ON METAL SURFACES

GJAN KROES, MF SOMERS - Journal of Theoretical and …, 2005 - World Scientific
The theory of time-dependent quantum dynamics of dissociative chemisorption of hydrogen
on metal surfaces is reviewed, in the framework of electronically adiabatic scattering from …

Structure and stability of the (001) α-quartz surface

TPM Goumans, A Wander, WA Brown… - Physical Chemistry …, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
The structure and surface energies of the cleaved, reconstructed, and fully hydroxylated
(001) α-quartz surface of various thicknesses are investigated with periodic density …

Trends in R−X Bond Dissociation Energies (R = Me, Et, i-Pr, t-Bu; X = H, CH3, OCH3, OH, F):  A Surprising Shortcoming of Density Functional Theory

EI Izgorodina, ML Coote, L Radom - The Journal of Physical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The performance of a variety of high-level composite procedures, as well as lower-cost
density functional theory (DFT)-and second-order perturbation theory (MP2)-based methods …