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A basis set is the mathematical description of the orbitals within a system (which in turn combine to approximate the total electronic wavefunction) used to perform the theoretical calculation. Larger basis sets more accurately approximate the orbitals by imposing fewer restrictions on the locations of the electrons in space. In the true quantum mechanical picture, electrons have a finite probability of existing anywhere in space this limit corresponds to the infinite basis set expansion in the chart we looked at previously. 

We can construct a total electronic wavefunction as the product of a spatial part and a spin part. For the electronic ground state of H2 we can consider combinations of the two spatial terms... 

The total electronic wavefunction is the product of a spatial part and a spin part it is it(r) times a(s) or /3(s) for this one-electron molecule. There are thus two different quantum states having the same spatial part i/r(r). In the absence of a magnetic field, these are degenerate. 

The concept of a potential energy surface has appeared in several chapters. Just to remind you, we make use of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation to separate the total (electron plus nuclear) wavefunction into a nuclear wavefunction and an electronic wavefunction. To calculate the electronic wavefunction, we regard the nuclei as being clamped in position. To calculate the nuclear wavefunction, we have to solve the relevant nuclear Schrddinger equation. The nuclei vibrate in the potential generated by the electrons. Don t confuse the nuclear Schrddinger equation (a quantum-mechanical treatment) with molecular mechanics (a classical treatment). 

The raw output of a molecular structure calculation is a list of the coefficients of the atomic orbitals in each LCAO (linear combination of atomic orbitals) molecular orbital and the energies of the orbitals. The software commonly calculates dipole moments too. Various graphical representations are used to simplify the interpretation of the coefficients. Thus, a typical graphical representation of a molecular orbital uses stylized shapes (spheres for s-orbitals, for instance) to represent the basis set and then scales their size to indicate the value of the coefficient in the LCAO. Different signs of the wavefunctions are typically represented by different colors. The total electron density at any point (the sum of the squares of the occupied wavefunctions evaluated at that point) is commonly represented by an isodensity surface, a surface of constant total electron density. 

The main difficulty in the theoretical study of clusters of heavy atoms is that the number of electrons is large and grows rapidly with cluster size. Consequently, ab initio "brute force" calculations soon meet insuperable computational problems. To simplify the approach, conserving atomic concept as far as possible, it is useful to exploit the classical separation of the electrons into "core" and "valence" electrons and to treat explicitly only the wavefunction of the latter. A convenient way of doing so, without introducing empirical parameters, is provided by the use of generalyzed product function, in which the total electronic wave function is built up as antisymmetrized product of many group functions [2-6]. 

The aptness of the idealized sd/J Lewis-like model is also confirmed by the quantitative NBO descriptors, as summarized inTable4.5. This table displays the overall accuracy of the Lewis-like description (in terms of %pl, the percentage accuracy of the natural Lewis-like wavefunction for both valence-shell and total electron density) as well as the metal hybridization (hM), bond polarity toward M (100cm2), and... 

For a given total electron spin quantum number (S), the multiplicity is the number of possible orientations of the spin angular momentum for the same spatial electronic wavefunction. Thus, the multiphcity equals 25 -F 1. For... 

Eq. (5.34). However, it is possible to construct approximate wavefunctions that lead to electron momentum densities that do not have inversion symmetry. Within the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, the total electronic system must be at rest the at-rest condition... 

For the electro-nuclear model, it is the charge the only homogeneous element between electron and nuclear states. The electronic part corresponds to fermion states, each one represented by a 2-spinor and a space part. Thus, it has always been natural to use the Coulomb Hamiltonian Hc(q,Q) as an entity to work with. The operator includes the electronic kinetic energy (Ke) and all electrostatic interaction operators (Vee + VeN + Vnn)- In fact this is a key operator for describing molecular physics events [1-3]. Let us consider the electronic space problem first exact solutions exist for this problem the wavefunctions are defined as /(q) do not mix up these functions with the previous electro-nuclear wavefunctions. At this level. He and S (total electronic spin operator) commute the spin operator appears in the kinematic operator V and H commute with the total angular momentum J=L+S in the I-ffame L is the total orbital angular momentum, the system is referred to a unique origin. 

The weak interaction region can be defined as one for which the total electron density is approximately equal to the sum of the densities of the separate interacting particles. Whether one uses a direct variational method to calculate the energy or a perturbation expansion it is found that good results are only obtained if the wavefunctions for the interacting particles give accurate values for these atomic densities. 

T(l,2,...n) is the electronic wavefunction and explicitly is a function of the coordinates of all n electrons in this notation the coordinates of a given electron are symbolized by a single number. E is the total electronic energy of the molecule. 

Since it can be shown that "( ), like the original Hamiltonian H, commutes with the transformation operators Om for all operations R of the point group to which the molecule belongs, the MOs associated with a given orbital energy will form a function space whose basis generates a definite irreducible representation of the point group. This is exactly parallel to the situation for the exact total electronic wavefunctions. 

We therefore start the quantum mechanical treatment of conjugated systems by expressing the total electronic wavefunction in terms of a wave function for the cr-electrons and a wavefunction for the 97-electrons ... 

Having decided to use AOs (or combinations of them) for yrA and pB> we will now look at the form these take. They are approximate solutions to the Schrodinger equation for the atom in question. The Schrodinger equation for many-electron atoms is usually solved approximately by writing the total electronic wavefunction as the product of one-electron functions (these are the AOs). Each AO 4>i is a function of the polar coordinates r, 0, and single electron and can be written as... 

How does an AMI or PM3 total electron wavefunction P differ from the P of an ab initio calculation ... 

The electronic structure methods are based primarily on two basic approximations (1) Born-Oppenheimer approximation that separates the nuclear motion from the electronic motion, and (2) Independent Particle approximation that allows one to describe the total electronic wavefunction in the form of one electron wavefunc-tions i.e. a Slater determinant [26], Together with electron spin, this is known as the Hartree-Fock (HF) approximation. The HF method can be of three types restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF), unrestricted Hartree-Fock (UHF) and restricted open Hartree-Fock (ROHF). In the RHF method, which is used for the singlet spin system, the same orbital spatial function is used for both electronic spins (a and (3). In the UHF method, electrons with a and (3 spins have different orbital spatial functions. However, this kind of wavefunction treatment yields an error known as spin contamination. In the case of ROHF method, for an open shell system paired electron spins have the same orbital spatial function. One of the shortcomings of the HF method is neglect of explicit electron correlation. Electron correlation is mainly caused by the instantaneous interaction between electrons which is not treated in an explicit way in the HF method. Therefore, several physical phenomena can not be explained using the HF method, for example, the dissociation of molecules. The deficiency of the HF method (RHF) at the dissociation limit of molecules can be partly overcome in the UHF method. However, for a satisfactory result, a method with electron correlation is necessary. 

A detailed description of the nonadiabatic AIMD surface hopping method has been published elsewhere [15, 18, 21, 22] it shall only be summarized briefly here. We have adopted a mixed quantum-classical picture treating the atomic nuclei according to classical mechanics and the electrons quantum-mechanically. In our two-state model, the total electronic wavefunction, l, is represented as a linear combination of the S0 and 5) adiabatic state functions, < 0 and [Pg.267]

Alternatively, reaction field calculations with the IPCM (isodensity surface polarized continuum model) [73,74] can be performed to model solvent effects. In this approach, an isodensity surface defined by a value of 0.0004 a.u. of the total electron density distribution is calculated at the level of theory employed. Such an isodensity surface has been found to define rather accurately the volume of a molecule [75] and, therefore, it should also define a reasonable cavity for the soluted molecule within the polarizable continuum where the cavity can iteratively be adjusted when improving wavefunction and electron density distribution during a self consistent field (SCF) calculation at the HF or DFT level. The IPCM method has also the advantage that geometry optimization of the solute molecule is easier than for the PISA model and, apart from this, electron correlation effects can be included into the IPCM calculation. For the investigation of Si compounds (either neutral or ionic) in solution both the PISA and IPCM methods have been used. [41-47]... 

Before turning to many-electron molecules, it is useful to ask Where does the energy of the chemical bond come from In VB theory it appears to be connected with exchange of electrons between different atoms but in MO theory it is associated with delocalization of the MOs. In fact, the Hellmann-Feynman theorem (see, for example, Ch.5 of Ref.[7]) shows that the forces which hold the nuclei together in a molecule (defined in terms of the derivatives of the total electronic energy with respect to nuclear displacement) can be calculated by classical electrostatics, provided the electron distribution is represented as an electron density P(r) (number of electrons per unit volume at point r) derived from the Schrodinger wavefunction k. This density is defined (using x to stand for both space and spin variables r, s, respectively) by... 

The electronic wavefunction is dependent on 3n variables the x, y, and z coordinates of each electron. As such, it is quite complicated and difficult to readily interpret. The total electron density p(r) is dependent on just three variables the X, y, and z positions in space. Since p(r) is simpler than the wavefunction and is also observable, perhaps it might offer a more direct way to obtain the molecular energy. 

The square ot the radial part of th(e wavefunction of an orbital provides information about how tho electron density within the orbital varies as a function of distance from the nucleus. These radial distribution functions show that, in a given principle shell, the maximum electron density is reached nearer to the nucleus as the quantum number I increases. However, the proportion of the total electron density which is near to the nucleus is larger for an electron in an s orbital than in a p orbital. 

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