Gradients for two-component quasirelativistic methods. Application to dihalogenides of element 116 |
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Authors: | van Wüllen Christoph Langermann Norbert |
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Institution: | Institut für Chemie Sekretariat C3, Technische Universit?t Berlin, Strasse des 17, Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany. |
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Abstract: | The authors report the implementation of geometry gradients for quasirelativistic two-component Hartree-Fock and density functional methods using either the zero-order regular approximation Hamiltonian or spin-dependent effective core potentials. The computational effort of the resulting program is comparable to that of corresponding nonrelativistic calculations, as it is dominated by the evaluation of derivative two-electron integrals, which is the same for both types of calculations. Besides the implementation of derivatives of matrix elements of the one-particle Hamiltonian with respect to nuclear displacements, the calculation of the derivative exchange-correlation energy for the open shell case involves complicated expressions because of the noncollinear approach chosen to define the spin density. A pilot application to dihalogenides of element 116 shows how spin-orbit coupling strongly affects the chemistry of the superheavy p-block elements. While these molecules are bent at a scalar-relativistic level, spin-orbit coupling is so strong that only the 7p3/2 atomic orbitals of element 116 are involved in bonding, which favors linear molecular geometries for dihalogenides with heavy terminal halogen atoms. |
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