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 …

Efficient stabilization of cyanonaphthalene by fast radiative cooling and implications for the resilience of small PAHs in interstellar clouds

MH Stockett, JN Bull, H Cederquist, S Indrajith… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
After decades of searching, astronomers have recently identified specific Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in space. Remarkably, the observed abundance of cyanonaphthalene …

Role of mineral surfaces in prebiotic chemical evolution. In silico quantum mechanical studies

A Rimola, M Sodupe, P Ugliengo - Life, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
There is a consensus that the interaction of organic molecules with the surfaces of naturally-
occurring minerals might have played a crucial role in chemical evolution and …

Describing noncovalent interactions beyond the common approximations: how accurate is the “gold standard,” CCSD (T) at the complete basis set limit?

J Rezac, P Hobza - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
We have quantified the effects of approximations usually made even in accurate CCSD
(T)/CBS calculations of noncovalent interactions, often considered as the “gold standard” of …

Accurate biomolecular structures by the nano-LEGO approach: Pick the bricks and build your geometry

G Ceselin, V Barone, N Tasinato - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
The determination of accurate equilibrium molecular structures plays a fundamental role for
understanding many physical–chemical properties of molecules, ranging from the precise …

Identification of an iridium-containing compound with a formal oxidation state of IX

G Wang, M Zhou, JT Goettel, GJ Schrobilgen, J Su, J Li… - Nature, 2014‏ - nature.com
One of the most important classifications in chemistry and within the periodic table is the
concept of formal oxidation states,,,. The preparation and characterization of compounds …

The intrinsic strength of the halogen bond: Electrostatic and covalent contributions described by coupled cluster theory

V Oliveira, E Kraka, D Cremer - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
36 halogen-bonded complexes YX⋯ ARm (X: F, Cl, Br; Y: donor group; ARm acceptor
group) have been investigated at the CCSD (T)/aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory. Binding …

Toward spectroscopic accuracy for the structures of large molecules at DFT cost: Refinement and extension of the nano-LEGO approach

V Barone, G Ceselin, F Lazzari… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
The SE100 database collecting accurate equilibrium geometries of medium size molecules
obtained by the semiexperimental (SE) approach has been extended to species containing …

The many facets of chalcogen bonding: Described by vibrational spectroscopy

V Oliveira, D Cremer, E Kraka - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
A diverse set of 100 chalcogen-bonded complexes comprising neutral, cationic, anionic,
divalent, and double bonded chalcogens has been investigated using ωB97X-D/aug-cc …

Efficient and accurate prediction of nuclear magnetic resonance shielding tensors with double-hybrid density functional theory

GL Stoychev, AA Auer, F Neese - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Analytic calculation of nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shielding tensors, based on
gauge-including atomic orbitals, is implemented for double-hybrid density functional theory …