The formulation and implementation of the spin-free (SF) exact two-component (X2c) theory at the one-electron level (SFX2c-1e) is extended in the present work to the analytic evaluation of second derivatives of the energy. In the X2c-1e scheme, the four-component one-electron Dirac Hamiltonian is block diagonalized in its matrix representation and the resulting “electrons-only” two-component Hamiltonian is then used together with untransformed two-electron interactions. The derivatives of the two-component Hamiltonian can thus be obtained by means of simple manipulations of the parent four-component Hamiltonian integrals and derivative integrals. The SF version of X2c-1e can furthermore exploit available nonrelativistic quantum-chemical codes in a straightforward manner. As a first application of analytic SFX2c-1e second derivatives, we report a systematic study of the equilibrium geometry and vibrational frequencies for the bent ground state of the copper hydroxide (CuOH) molecule. Scalar-relativistic, electron-correlation, and basis-set effects on these properties are carefully assessed.
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Lan Cheng;
Lan Cheng
a)
Institut für Physikalische Chemie,
Universität Mainz
, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Jürgen Gauss
Jürgen Gauss
b)
Institut für Physikalische Chemie,
Universität Mainz
, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Lan Cheng
a)
Institut für Physikalische Chemie,
Universität Mainz
, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
Jürgen Gauss
b)
Institut für Physikalische Chemie,
Universität Mainz
, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
a)
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b)
Electronic mail: [email protected]
J. Chem. Phys. 135, 244104 (2011)
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September 14 2011
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November 18 2011
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Lan Cheng, Jürgen Gauss; Analytic second derivatives for the spin-free exact two-component theory. J. Chem. Phys. 28 December 2011; 135 (24): 244104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3667202
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