Active space selection

Returning to our chromous box example(Figure 4), the active space was chosen to be comprised of the four /-orbitals and four d-electrons from each Cr(ii) ion, yielding a total of 16 active orbitals and 16 active electrons for the tetramer. Just as easily, we could have relied on chemical intuition and selected an active space comprised of all five /-orbitals and the four /-electrons from each chromium(n), yielding an aggregate 20-orbital/16-electron active space for the tetramer. However, this active space is even larger and more unwieldy than the minimal 16/16 active space selected in the Wolczanski study. 

Diverse libraries can be used for lead finding by screening against several different targets. The selected compounds should cover the biological activity space well. 

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Run a preliminary UHF/ST0-3G Pop=NahjralOrbi1al job on triplet acrolein to generate and examine the starting orbitals and their symmetries. Select those that will make up the active space you will want to create an active... 

Compute and examine the orbitals at the RHF/3-21G level in order to select the active space. We will be performing a 4-electron CAS, using 4 and 6 active orbitals. The orbitals we want are those corresponding to the rt system (where the excited electrons go) therefore, the orbitals we want will be pairs of symmetry A2 and Bp Reorder the orbitals so that six appropriate orbitals make up the active space. 

Perform a series of state-averaged 4,4 CAS calculations on the ground state, using the active space you have selected. Normally, a CAS calculation optimizes the orbitals and hence the wavefimction for the state of interest (as specified by the NRoot option). However, in a state-averaged CAS, orbitals are optimi. ed to provide the best description of the specified group of states as a whole that is possible with a single set of orbitals... 

The intercalated catalysts can often be regarded as biomimetic oxidation catalysts. The intercalation of cationic metal complexes in the interlamellar space of clays often leads to increased catalytic activity and selectivity, due to the limited orientations by which the molecules are forced to accommodate themselves between sheets. The clays have electrostatic fields in their interlayer therefore, the intercalated metal complexes are more positively charged. Such complexes may show different behavior. For example, cationic Rh complexes catalyze the regioselective hydrogenation of carbonyl groups, whereas neutral complexes are not active.149 Cis-Alkenes are hydrogenated preferentially on bipyridyl-Pd(II) acetate intercalated in montmorillonite.150 The same catalyst was also used for the reduction of nitrobenzene.151... 

However, (Ph3P)2Rh(CO)Cl on alumina or activated carbon were effective hydroformylation catalysts under more severe conditions 108). At 148°C and a pressure of 49 atm (CO 37.5 mol%, H2 37.5, propylene 25), good activity was found. The propylene conversion was 30% at a contact time of 0.92 cm3 of reactor void space/cm3 of feed per minute. Isomer ratios of 1.3 to 1.9 1 n iso were realized. By-product formation was low, with <1% conversion to alcohols plus alkanes and 2.2% high-boiling materials. This system was stable for a 300 hour operating time, with no detectable loss of activity or selectivity. 

When the HF wave function gives a very poor description of the system, i.e. when nondynamical electron correlation is important, the multiconfigurational SCF (MCSCF) method is used. This method is based on a Cl expansion of the wave function in which both the coefficients of the Cl and those of the molecular orbitals are variationally determined. The most common approach is the Complete Active Space SCF (CASSCF) scheme, where the user selects the chemically important molecular orbitals (active space), within which a full Cl is done. 

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