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Frisch M J, G W Trucks and J R Cheeseman 1996. Systematic Model Chemistries Based on Density Functional Theory Comparison with Traditional Models and with Experiment. Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (Recent Developments and Applications of Modem Density Functional Theory) 4 679-707. 

Gritsenko, O. V., Schipper, P. R. T., Baerends, E. J., 1997, Exchange and Correlation Energy in Density Functional Theory. Comparison of Accurate DFT Quantities With Traditional Hartree-Fock Based Ones and Generalized Gradient Approximations for the Molecules Li2, N2, F2 , J. Chem. Phys., 107, 5007. 

Jansen G, Teldn A (2007) How accurate is the density functional theory combined with symmetry-adapted perturbation theory approach for CH-pi and pi-pi interactions A comparison to supeimolecular calculations for the acetylene-benzene dimer. Phys Chem Chem Phys... 

Shifts in Excitation Energies Induced by Hydrogen Bonding A Comparison of the Embedding and Supermolecular Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations with the Equation-of-Motion Coupled-Cluster Results... 

Fig. 10(a) presents a comparison of computer simulation data with the predictions of both density functional theories presented above [144]. The computations have been carried out for e /k T = 7 and for a bulk fluid density equal to pi, = 0.2098. One can see that the contact profiles, p(z = 0), obtained by different methods are quite similar and approximately equal to 0.5. We realize that the surface effects extend over a wide region, despite the very simple and purely repulsive character of the particle-wall potential. However, the theory of Segura et al. [38,39] underestimates slightly the range of the surface zone. On the other hand, the modified Meister-Kroll-Groot theory [145] leads to a more correct picture. 

Vibrational Spectra Many of the papers quoted below deal with the determination of vibrational spectra. The method of choice is B3-LYP density functional theory. In most cases, MP2 vibrational spectra are less accurate. In order to allow for a comparison between computed frequencies within the harmonic approximation and anharmonic experimental fundamentals, calculated frequencies should be scaled by an empirical factor. This procedure accounts for systematic errors and improves the results considerably. The easiest procedure is to scale all frequencies by the same factor, e.g., 0.963 for B3-LYP/6-31G computed frequencies [95JPC3093]. A more sophisticated but still pragmatic approach is the SQM method [83JA7073], in which the underlying force constants (in internal coordinates) are scaled by different scaling factors. 

Comparison of the TR spectra for HPDP in MeCN solvent to results from density functional theory calcnlations for the triplet state of HPDP indicates the triplet state has a qninoidal strnctnre with the carbonyl group about 16° out of the quinoidal plane and a delocalized nn character. Figure 3.29 compares ps-TR spectra of... 

Blomberg, M. R. A., Siegbahn, P. E. M., Svensson, M., 1996, Comparisons of Results From Parameterized Configuration Interaction (PCI-80) and From Hybrid Density Functional Theory With Experiments for First Row Transition Metal Compounds , J. Chem. Phys., 104, 9546. 

McDowell, S. A. C., Amos, R. D., Handy, N. C., 1995, Molecular Polarisabilities - A Comparison of Density Functional Theory with Standard Ab Initio Methods , Chem. Phys. Lett., 235,1. 

Sponer, J., J. Leszczynski, and P. Hobza. 1996. Base Staking in Cytosine Dimer. A Comparison of Correlated Ab Initio Calculations with Three Empirical Models and Density Functional Theory Calculations. J. Comp. Chem. 17, 841. 

Figure 14. Comparison of predictions of the density functional theory of Yethiraj with the...

In principle, using the porous layer theory, it is possible to obtain the hydrodynamic thickness of an adsorbed layer using the experimental density profile and the permeability function. The results of this calculation are given in Table I. In figure 2 it can be seen that the calculated 6jjsans values fall within the tail of the s.a.n.s. density profiles. However, comparison with the results obtained by p.c.s. (Table I) show a large systematic discrepancy. 

The identification of unknown chemical compounds isolated in inert gas matrices is nowadays facilitated by comparison of the measured IR spectra with those computed at reliable levels of ab initio or density functional theory (DFT). Furthermore, the observed reactivity of matrix isolated species can in some instances be explained with the help of computed reaction energies and barriers for intramolecular rearrangements. Hence, electronic structure methods developed into a useful tool for the matrix isolation community. In this chapter, we will give an overview of the various theoretical methods and their limitations when employed in carbene chemistry. For a more detailed qualitative description of the merits and drawbacks of commonly used electronic structure methods, especially for open-shell systems, the reader is referred to the introductory guide of Bally and Borden.29... 

Ab initio molecular orbital methodology or density functional theory [158-160] would be suited for this combined QM/MM approach. However, in order to be able to compute the QM energies along the Monte Carlo simulation, nowadays a semiempirical Hamiltonian, like AMI [161], is a much more computationally efficient method. Before using AMI, the goodness of the semiempirical results in gas phase in comparison with the ab initio ones has to be tested. For systems in which the semiempirical results are poor, the relation... 

Model computational studies aimed at understanding structure-reactivity relationships and substituent effects on carbocation stability for aza-PAHs derivatives were performed by density functional theory (DFT). Comparisons were made with the biological activity data when available. Protonation of the epoxides and diol epoxides, and subsequent epoxide ring opening reactions were analyzed for several families of compounds. Bay-region carbocations were formed via the O-protonated epoxides in barrierless processes. Relative carbocation stabilities were determined in the gas phase and in water as solvent (by the PCM method). 

The issue of the chemical nature of graphene edges, and thus of (re)active sites, was addressed head-on by Radovic and Bockrath [29]. Density functional theory was used to minimize problems that truly ab initio approaches such as Hartree-Fock are known to have, but careful comparison with experimental results in several seemingly unrelated fields was also performed. The key argument of relevance here is that, rather than being H-terminated, the sites that are most relevant for the chemical (re)activity of sp2 hybridized carbon materials are of carbene- and carbyne-type, as illustrated below for the zigzag (a) and armchair edges (b). 

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