Computational molecular spectroscopy

V Barone, S Alessandrini, M Biczysko… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Spectroscopic techniques can probe molecular systems non-invasively and investigate their
structure, properties and dynamics in different environments and physico-chemical …

Accuracy and interpretability: The devil and the holy grail. New routes across old boundaries in computational spectroscopy

C Puzzarini, J Bloino, N Tasinato, V Barone - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed an increasing interaction between experiment and theory in
the field of molecular spectroscopy. On the computational side, ongoing developments of …

Crossover from hydrogen to chemical bonding

B Dereka, Q Yu, NHC Lewis, WB Carpenter… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) can be interpreted as a classical electrostatic interaction or as a
covalent chemical bond if the interaction is strong enough. As a result, short strong H-bonds …

Permutationally invariant potential energy surfaces

C Qu, Q Yu, JM Bowman - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Over the past decade, about 50 potential energy surfaces (PESs) for polyatomics with 4–11
atoms and for clusters have been calculated using the permutationally invariant polynomial …

Highly-accurate quartic force fields for the prediction of anharmonic rotational constants and fundamental vibrational frequencies

MB Gardner, BR Westbrook, RC Fortenberry… - Spectrochimica Acta Part …, 2021 - Elsevier
The CcCR quartic force field (QFF) methodology is capable of computing B 0 and C 0
rotational constants to within 35 MHz (0.14%) of experiment for triatomic and larger …

Computational vibrational spectroscopy for the detection of molecules in space

RC Fortenberry, TJ Lee - Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Quartic force fields have been defining the potential portion of the internuclear Hamiltonian
for decades. This review discusses the history of their development as a tool for analyzing …

Computational challenges in Astrochemistry

M Biczysko, J Bloino, C Puzzarini - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cosmic evolution is the tale of progressive transition from simplicity to complexity. The
newborn universe starts with the simplest atoms formed after the Big Bang and proceeds …

Quantum astrochemical spectroscopy

RC Fortenberry - International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, the origins of astrochemistry and the initial applications of quantum chemistry
to the discovery of new molecules in space are discussed. Furthermore, more recent …

On the detectability of interstellar diaminomethane ((NH2)2CH2)

AG Watrous, BR Westbrook… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The recent synthesis of diaminomethane ((NH2) 2CH2) under simulated interstellar
conditions implies that this molecule is likely present in the interstellar medium (ISM), and …

Quantum Chemistry and Astrochemistry: A Match Made in the Heavens

RC Fortenberry - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2024 - ACS Publications
Quantum chemistry can uniquely answer astrochemical questions that no other technique
can provide. Computations can be parallelized, automated, and left to run continuously …