Ab initio study of the toluene dimer
Ab initio study of the toluene dimer
We study different conformers of the toluene dimer using unconstrained geometry optimizations at the MP2 level of theory. We reoptimize these employing counterpoise-corrected MP2 gradients, and subsequently perform single-point counterpoise-corrected CCSD(T) interaction energy calculations. An antiparallel-stacked structure is found to be the most stable of the three isomers and has an interaction energy that is narrowly below that of a cross structure; a parallel-stacked structure is the least stable of the three isomers. We find no evidence for a stable T-shaped isomer, that is, no minimum on the potential energy surface corresponding to this structure.
pi-pi interactions, benzene dimer, basis-sets, stacking, energies, clusters
410-413
Rogers, David M.
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Hirst, Jonathan D.
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Lee, Edmond P.F.
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Wright, Timothy G.
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2006
Rogers, David M.
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Hirst, Jonathan D.
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Lee, Edmond P.F.
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Wright, Timothy G.
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Rogers, David M., Hirst, Jonathan D., Lee, Edmond P.F. and Wright, Timothy G.
(2006)
Ab initio study of the toluene dimer.
Chemical Physics Letters, 427 (4-6), .
(doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2006.07.022).
Abstract
We study different conformers of the toluene dimer using unconstrained geometry optimizations at the MP2 level of theory. We reoptimize these employing counterpoise-corrected MP2 gradients, and subsequently perform single-point counterpoise-corrected CCSD(T) interaction energy calculations. An antiparallel-stacked structure is found to be the most stable of the three isomers and has an interaction energy that is narrowly below that of a cross structure; a parallel-stacked structure is the least stable of the three isomers. We find no evidence for a stable T-shaped isomer, that is, no minimum on the potential energy surface corresponding to this structure.
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Published date: 2006
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pi-pi interactions, benzene dimer, basis-sets, stacking, energies, clusters
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