Perturbation theory correlation coefficient

Beer and Grinter used finite perturbation theory to calculate J(Si-H), J(Si-H), (161) and J(Si-C) (143) as well as the analogous phosphorus couplings. The best results are obtained for J(Si-Q (Table XXI) for which the correlation coefficient of the best fit of calculated to observed values is 0-985. The various calculated contributions to J(Si-C) are in Table XXI. Clearly, the orbital and spin-dipolar terms, which are small and also of opposite sign, have little effect on the calculated value of J. It is concluded that the Fermi contact term is probably sufficient for the calculation of J(Si-Q and that inclusion of silicon d orbitals is not required. 

The form of the SCEP treatment will vary in certain aspects depending upon whether it is employed to carry out a Cl, CC or Moller-Plesset (MP) perturbation theory calculation. However, the differences are modest and the same quantities appear in one place or another. For convenience we utilize here the MP perturbation theory version of SCEP as formulated by Pulay and Saebo [30, 31] for their local correlation treatment. The (Hylleraas) variation condition on the first-order coefficient matrix, C = CP, may be written in the form... 

Subsequently, Kozlowski et al. [24] also revisited the Cope rearrangement with inclusion of dynamic correlation between the active and inactive electrons. However, they used Davidson s own version of multi-reference, second-order perturbation theory [25], which allows the coefficients of the configurations in the CASSCE wave function to be recalculated after inclusion of dynamic electron correlation. Kozlowski et al. found that the addition of dynamic correlation to the (6/6)CASSCE wave function for the Cope TS causes the weight of the RHE configuration to increase at the expense of the pair conhgurations that are necessary to describe the two diradical extremes in Eig. 30.1. Thus, without the inclusion of dynamic electron correlation in the wave function, (6/6) CASSCF overestimates the diradical character of the C2 wave function [24]. 

The perturbational MO method of Longuet-Higgins (11) and Dewar (12), which was thoroughly reviewed by Dewar and Dougherty (6), has been the pencil-and-paper method of choice in numerous applications. More recently, a modified free-electron (MFE) MO approach (13-15) and a valence-bond structure-resonance theory (VBSRT) (7, 16, 17) have been applied to several PAH structure and reactivity problems. A new perturbational variant of the free-electron MO method (PMO F) has also been derived and reported (8, 18). Both PMO F and VBSRT qualify as simple pencil-and-paper procedures. When applied to a compilation of electrophilic substitution parameters (ct+) (19-23), the correlation coefficients of calculated reactivity indexes with cr+ for alternant hydrocarbons are 0.973 and 0.959, respectively (8). In this case, the performance of the PMO F method rivals that of the best available SCF calculations for systems of this size, and that of VBSRT is sufficient for most purposes. 

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