Irikura, K.
(2007),
Obtaining Molecular Thermochemistry From Calculations, Book Chapter Comprehensive Kinetics series (Elsevier), Volume Editors: R.W. Carr and M.R. Zachariah,
(Accessed March 14, 2025)
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Obtaining Molecular Thermochemistry From Calculations
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There are several computational approaches for predicting gas-phase, molecular thermochemistry. For common organic compounds, empirical methods are quick to compute and have been effectively parameterized. For uncommon compounds, the relative robustness of ab initio methods compensates their moderate or high computational costs. Intermediate situations may be addressed using semiempirical molecular orbital theory. When using ab initio methods for predicting thermochemistry, a good choice of working reaction provides dramatically improved reliability. At the opposite extreme, atomization reactions are only compatible with high-level, composite, parameterized methods. Some simple guidelines are helpful for designing good working reactions and for identifying molecules for which ab initio methods may perform poorly.Citation
Obtaining Molecular Thermochemistry From Calculations
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42
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Book Chapter Comprehensive Kinetics series (Elsevier), Volume Editors: R.W. Carr and M.R. Zachariah,
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Keywords
Ab initio, computational chemistry, density functional theory, kinetics, quantum chemistry, semiempirical, thermochemistry
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Created September 30, 2007, Updated February 17, 2017