(1) Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Center, University of Lund, Box 124, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden;(2) Present address: Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, M. Curie-Sklodowska University, PL-20 031 Lublin, Poland
Abstract:
The idea of the basis set polarization which follows from the known dependence of basis set functions on the perturbation strength is applied to the calculation of the dipole moment derivatives with respect to nuclear displacements. The differentiation of the dipole moment function is replaced by the straightforward evaluation of derivatives of the intramolecular electric field with respect to the external electric field strength. The method and its efficiency are illustrated by a series of calculations of the dipole moment derivatives for the water molecule. Already a polarized basis set of 26 CGTO's derived from the minimal CGTO basis set provides fairly reasonable results.