Electronic structure theory and multi-structural statistical thermodynamics for computational chemical kinetics.
2012-08
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Electronic structure theory and multi-structural statistical thermodynamics for computational chemical kinetics.
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This thesis involves the development and application of methods for accurate
computational thermochemistry. It consists of two parts. The first part focuses on the
accuracy of the electronic structure methods. In particular, various augmentation schemes
for one-electron basis sets are presented and tested for density functional theory (DFT)
calculations and for wave function theory (WFT) calculations. The relationship between
diffuse basis functions and basis set superposition error is discussed. For WFT, we also
compare the efficiency of conventional one-electron basis-sets to that of newly developed
explicitly correlated methods. Various ways of approaching the complete basis set limit
of WFT calculations are explained, and recommendations are made for the best ways of
achieving balance between the basis set size, higher-order correlation, and relativistic
corrections. Applications of this work include computation of barrier heights, reaction
and bond energies, electron affinities, ionization potentials, and noncovalent interactions.
The second part of this thesis focuses on the problem of incorporating multistructural
effects and anharmonicity effects in the torsional modes into partition function
calculations, especially by using a new multi-structural torsion (MS-T) method.
Applications of the MS-T method include partition functions of molecules and radicals
important for combustion research. These partition functions are used to obtain thermodynamic functions that are the most reliable results available to date for these
molecules. The multi-structural approach is also applied to two kinetics problems:
• the hydrogen abstraction from carbon-3 of 1-butanol by hydroperoxyl radical
• the 1,5-hydrogen shift isomerization of the 1-butoxyl radical
In both cases multi-structural effects play an important role in the final results.
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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2012. Major: Chemical Physics. Advisor: Donald G. Truhlar. 1 computer file (PDF); xiii, 366 pages.
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Papajak, Ewa. (2012). Electronic structure theory and multi-structural statistical thermodynamics for computational chemical kinetics.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/139021.
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