Relativistic coupled-cluster calculations on XeF{sub 6}: Delicate interplay between electron-correlation and basis-set effects
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz (Germany)
A systematic relativistic coupled-cluster study is reported on the harmonic vibrational frequencies of the O{sub h}, C{sub 3v}, and C{sub 2v} conformers of XeF{sub 6}, with scalar-relativistic effects efficiently treated using the spin-free exact two-component theory in its one-electron variant (SFX2C-1e). Atomic natural orbital type basis sets recontracted for the SFX2C-1e scheme have been shown to provide rapid basis-set convergence for the vibrational frequencies. SFX2C-1e as well as complementary pseudopotential based computations consistently predicts that both O{sub h} and C{sub 3v} structures are local minima on the potential energy surface, while the C{sub 2v} structure is a transition state. Qualitative disagreement between the present results for the O{sub h} structure and those from CCSD(T)-F12b calculations [Peterson et al., J. Phys. Chem. A 116, 9777 (2012)], which yielded a triply degenerate imaginary frequency for the O{sub h} structure, is attributed here to the high sensitivity of the computed harmonic frequencies of the t{sub 1u} bending modes to the basis-set effects of triples contributions.
- OSTI ID:
- 22415972
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 142, Issue 22; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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