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Although the one-dimensional model bears little resemblance to any real molecular system, many of its features carry over to cases of practical interest. Suppose we consider three-dimensional motion in a central field as in atoms. The orbitals or single-electron functions now become atomic orbitals and can be classified in the usual manner as Is, 2a,. . . 2p, 3p,. . . 3d,. Suppose we are dealing with an atom in which there are two electrons of the same spin (a, say) occupying the 2a and 2p orbitals (inner shells being ignored for the present). Then the antisymmetric product function is... 

The last approach dealt with in this section is the Floating Spherical Gaussian Orbital (FSGO) model and related methods. The original FSGO model introduced fay Frost is very simple. It treats chemical bonds in terms of localized orbitals, in a very close correspondence with chemical concepts. Each localized orbital (inner... 

The lanthanides and actinides, called the inner transition elements, occupy the/region of the periodic table. Their valence electrons are in s and /orbitals. Inner transition elements exhibit multiple oxidation numbers. 

X-ray Electromagnetic radiation of wave length c. 1 k. X-rays are generated in various ways, including the bombarding of solids with electrons, when they are emitted as a result of electron transitions in the inner orbits of the atoms bombarded. Each element has a characteristic X-ray spectrum. 

The simplest system exliibiting a nuclear hyperfme interaction is the hydrogen atom with a coupling constant of 1420 MHz. If different isotopes of the same element exhibit hyperfme couplings, their ratio is detemiined by the ratio of the nuclear g-values. Small deviations from this ratio may occur for the Femii contact interaction, since the electron spin probes the inner stmcture of the nucleus if it is in an s orbital. However, this so-called hyperfme anomaly is usually smaller than 1 %. 

Figure C3.6.7 Cubic (jir = 0) and linear (r = 0) nullclines for tire FitzHugh-Nagumo equation, (a) The excitable domain showing trajectories resulting from sub- and super-tlireshold excitations, (b) The oscillatory domain showing limit cycle orbits small inner limit cycle close to Hopf point large outer limit cycle far from Hopf point.

Most simple empirical or semi-empirical molecular orbital methods. including all ofthose ii sed in IlyperCh em, neglect inner sh ell orbitals and electrons and use a minimal basis se.i r>f valence Slater orbitals. 

Split-Valence Basis Sets. In split-valence basis sets, inner or core atomic orbitals ar e represented by one basis function and valence atomic orbitals are represented by two. The carbon atom in methane is represented by one Is inner orbital and 2(2s, 2pj., 2py, 2pj) = 8 valence orbitals. Each hydrogen atom is represented by 2 valence orbitals hence, the number of orbitals is... 

In the 6-3IG basis, the inner shell of carbon is represented by 6 primitives and the 4 valence shell orbitals are represented by 2 contracted orbitals each consisting of 4 primitives, 3 contracted and 1 uncontracted (hence the designation 6-31). That gives... 

The electron configuration is the orbital description of the locations of the electrons in an unexcited atom. Using principles of physics, chemists can predict how atoms will react based upon the electron configuration. They can predict properties such as stability, boiling point, and conductivity. Typically, only the outermost electron shells matter in chemistry, so we truncate the inner electron shell notation by replacing the long-hand orbital description with the symbol for a noble gas in brackets. This method of notation vastly simplifies the description for large molecules. 

The electron is the lightweight particle that "orbits" outside of the atomic nucleus. Chemical bonding is essentially the interaction of electrons from one atom with the electrons of another atom. The magnitude of the charge on an electron is equal to the charge on a proton. Electrons surround the atom in pathways called orbitals. The inner orbitals surrounding the atom are spherical but the outer orbitals are much more complicated. 

HyperChem supports MP2 (second order Mpller-Plesset) correlation energy calculationsusing afe mi/io methods with anyavailable basis set. In order to save main memory and disk space, the HyperChem MP2 electron correlation calculation normally uses a so called frozen-core approximation, i.e. the inner shell (core) orbitals are omitted. A setting in CHEM.INI allows excitations from the core orbitals to be included if necessary (melted core). Only the single point calculation is available for this option. 

Thus for H and He, the basis set consists of one orbital, a Is atomic orbital. For atomsLi to Ne the 2 inner-shell electrons are combined with the nucleus and the basis set consists of 4 orbitals, the 2s, 2p, ... 

Shorter-wavelength radiation promotes transitions between electronic orbitals in atoms and molecules. Valence electrons are excited in the near-uv or visible. At higher energies, in the vacuum uv (vuv), inner-shell transitions begin to occur. Both regions are important to laboratory spectroscopy, but strong absorption by make the vuv unsuitable for atmospheric monitoring. Electronic transitions in molecules are accompanied by stmcture... 

Copper(I) forms compounds with the anions of both strong and weak acids. Many of these compounds are stable and insoluble in water. Compounds and complexes of copper(I) are almost colorless because the inner >d orbital of the copper is completely filled. There is a very strong tendency for copper(I) to disproportionate in aqueous solutions into copper(Il) and metallic copper. 

For H and He, the atomic basis set consists of a single Is orbital. For Li through Ne, the inner-shell electrons are treated as part of the nucleus and the basis functions used are atomic 2s, 2p c, 2py and 2p .. For Na through Al, the inner shell is treated as part of the nucleus and we consider only 3s, 3p, 3pj, and 3pj. orbitals. For Si through Cl we have to decide on whether or not to include the atomic 3d-orbitals in addition, and practice varies. Most authors include them. 

The next step on the road to quality is to expand the size of the atomic orbital basis set, and I hinted in Chapters 3 and 4 how we might go about this. To start with, we double the number of basis functions and then optimize their exponents by systematically repeating atomic HF-LCAO calculation. This takes account of the so-called inner and outer regions of the wavefunction, and Clementi puts it nicely. 

We refer to such a basis set as a double zeta basis set. Where the minimal basis set for atomic lithium had a 1 s exponent of 2.6906, the double zeta basis set has two Is orbitals with exponents 2.4331 and 4.5177 (the outer and inner orbitals). 

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