ISSN:
1432-2234
Keywords:
Analytic energy derivatives
;
MCSCF
;
RHF wavefunctions
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract This paper takes the form of a review including some original contributions. Analytic higher energy derivative expressions for configuration interaction (CI) wavefunctions have been used to obtain the corresponding energy derivative formulae for multi-configuration self-consistent-field (MCSCF), general open-shell and closed-shell restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF) wavefunctions by explicitly imposing the variational and orthonormality conditions on the molecular orbital (MO) space. The general structure of the reduction procedure used here is thus CI → MCSCF → General RHF → Closed-shell HF. The equations expressing the correspondence among correlated and RHF wavefunctions have been presented to interrelate various conditions and definitions involved in the energy derivative expressions. Practical formulae for the energy derivatives of the above mentioned wavefunctions up to fourth order are explicitly given.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00528134
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