Polar tensors

GAPT (generalized atomic polar tensor) a charge calculation method GB/SA (generalized Born/surface area) method for computing solvation effects... 

The derivative of the dipole moment with respect to the coordinates determines the intensity of IR absorptions (Section 10.1.5). A central quantity in this respect is the Atomic Polar Tensor (APT), which for a given atom is defined as... 

Such a matrix is not independent on the coordinate system, but the trace is. Cioslowski has proposed a definition of atomic charges as one-third of the trace over the APT, denoted Generalized Atomic Polar Tensor (GAPT) charges.The charge on atom A is defined as... 

Here a = Spafi is the average value of the polarization tensor of the molecule, / = a —la. being its anisotropy, and fi the dipole moment of the molecule. We assume that the concentration of active molecules in the gas mixture or liquid solution is so small that intermolecular coupling may be neglected. 

With quantum-mechanical methods, the second derivatives of the energy could be used directly for the FF and atomic polar tensors (APT) for the dipole derivatives. Both are standardly computed in most quantum-chemistry programs but for accurate results, moderately large basis sets and/or some accommodation for correlation interaction is needed. Until recently, this has restricted most ab initio studies to modest-sized molecules. 

An approximate form of the NMO model, the atomic polar tensor (APT) model, has also proved effective (42). Rather than considering local contributions, this model considers contributions from the derivative of the total molecular dipole moment with respect to Cartesian displacement of a given nucleus, (3p/9R )o. The latter ate the elements of the atomic polar tensor for atom n. 

This model has the advantage that the atomic polar tensor elements can be determined at the equilibrium geometry from a single molecular orbital calculation. Coupled with a set of trajectories (3R /3G)o obtained from a normal coordinate analysis, the IR and VCD intensities of all the normal modes of a molecule can be obtained in one calculation. In contrast, the other MO models require a separate MO calculation for each normal mode, since the (3p,/3G)o contributions for each unit are determined by finite displacement of the molecule along each normal coordinate. Both the APT and FPC models are useful in readily assessing how changes in geometry or refinements in the vibrational force field affect the frequencies and intensities of all the vibrational modes of a molecule. 

Rotational and Dipole Strength Calculations for the CH-Stretching Vibrations of L-alanine Using the Localized Molecular Orbital, Nonlocalized Molecular Orbital, Atomic Polar Tensor, and Fixed Partial Charge Models ... 

Lazzeretti and coworkers175 calculated nuclear electric and electromagnetic shielding tensors for 1 and oxirane. These properties are related to atomic polar tensors and atomic axial tensors used by infrared and VCD spectroscopists. The authors demonstrated that they could obtain fairly accurate sum rules for atomic polar tensors and atomic axial tensors with relatively little computational effort. 

The second-rank molecular tensors, Pajg, are termed atomic polar tensors (APTs). Separating electronic and nuclear parts ... 

The electric field polarization is conveniently described in the LF. The MF spherical tensor components of the electric field polarization tensor are related to the components in the LF through a rotation... 

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