The aug-cc-pVTZ-J basis set for the p-block fourth-row elements Ga, Ge, As, Se and Br.

Casper Steinmann, Stephan P. A. Sauer*

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Abstract

The aug-cc-pVTZ-J basis set family is extended to include the fourth row p-block elements Ga, Ge, As, Se and Br.
We use the established approach outlined by Sauer and co-workers [J. Chem. Phys. 115, 1324 (2001), J. Chem. Phys. 133, 054308 (2010), J. Chem. Theory Comput. 7, 4070 (2011), J. Chem. Theory Comput. 7, 4077 (2011)] where the completely uncontracted aug-cc-pVTZ basis set is saturated with tight s-, p-, d- and f-functions to form the aug-cc-pVTZ-Juc basis set for the tested elements.
The saturation is carried out on the simplest hydrides possible for the tested elements GaH, GeH4, AsH3, H2Se and HBr until an improvement is less than 0.01 % for all s-, p-, d- and f-functions added. f-functions are added to an improvement less than or equal to 1.0 % due to the computational expense these functions add.
The saturated aug-cc-pVTZ-Juc is (26s16p12d5f) is then re-contracted using the molecular orbital coefficients from self-consistent field calculations on the simple hydrides to improve computational efficiency.
During contraction of the basis set, we observe that the linear hydrogen bromide molecule has a slower convergence than the other tested molecules which sets a limit on the accuracy obtained.
All calculations with the contracted aug-cc-pVTZ-J [17s10p7d5f] gives results that are within 1.0 % of the uncontracted results at considerable computational savings.
Original languageEnglish
JournalMagnetic Resonance in Chemistry
Volume59
Issue number11
Pages (from-to)1134-1145
ISSN0749-1581
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 May 2021

Keywords

  • As
  • Br
  • Ga
  • Ge
  • NMR
  • SOPPA
  • Se
  • aug-cc-pVTZ-J
  • basis set
  • spin–spin coupling constants

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