Assessment of DLPNO-CCSD(T)-F12 and its use for the formulation of the low-cost and reliable L-W1X composite method

Title
Assessment of DLPNO-CCSD(T)-F12 and its use for the formulation of the low-cost and reliable L-W1X composite method
Publication Date
2022-08-05
Author(s)
Chan, Bun
Karton, Amir
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7981-508X
Email: akarton@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:akarton
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1002/jcc.26892
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/56211
Abstract

In the present study, we have investigated the performance of RIJCOSX DLPNOCCSD(T)-F12 methods for a wide range of systems. Calculations with a high-accuracy option ["DefGrid3 RIJCOSX DLPNO-CCSD(T1)-F12"] extrapolated to the complete-basis-set limit using the maug-cc-pV[D+d,T+d]Z basis sets provides fairly good agreements with the canonical CCSD(T)/CBS reference for a diverse set of thermochemical and kinetic properties [with mean absolute deviations (MADs) of ~1– 2 kJ mol-1 except for atomization energies]. On the other hand, the low-cost "RIJCOSX DLPNO-CCSD(T)-F12D" option leads to substantial deviations for certain properties, notably atomization energies (MADs of up to tens of kJ mol-1). With the high-accuracy CBS approach, we have formulated the L-W1X method, which further includes a low-cost core–valence plus scalar-relativistic term. It shows generally good accuracy. For improved accuracies in specific cases, we advise replacing maug-cc-pV (n+d)Z with jun-cc-pV(n+d)Z for the calculation of electron affinities, and using well-constructed isodesmic-type reactions to obtain atomization energies. For medium-sized systems, DefGrid3 RIJCOSX DLPNO-CCSD(T1)-F12 calculations are several times faster than the corresponding canonical computation" the use of the local approximations (RIJCOSX and DLPNO) leads to a better scaling than that for the canonical calculation (from ~6–7 down to ~2–4 for our test systems). Thus, the DefGrid3 RIJCOSX DLPNO-CCSD(T1)-F12 method, and the L-W1X protocol that based on it, represent a useful means for obtaining accurate thermochemical quantities for larger systems.

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Citation
Journal of Computational Chemistry, 43(21), p. 1394-1402
ISSN
1096-987X
0192-8651
Pubmed ID
35709311
Start page
1394
End page
1402

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