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Systematic Errors in Computed Alkane Energies Using B3LYP and Other Popular DFT Functionals
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[structure: see text] Energies computed by B3LYP and other popular DFT functionals are flawed by systematic errors, which can become considerable for larger molecules. These errors, predominately due to inadequacies in assessing longer-range nonbonded attractive effects (dispersion), are illustrated by the isodesmic stabilization energies of n-alkanes (based on methane and ethane, which have no stabilizing 1,3-alkyl group interactions). Newer functionals, designed to describe weak interactions, give somewhat better agreement with experiment, but are not fully satisfactory.
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- Wodrich, M. D., Corminboeuf, C., & Schleyer, P. V. R.
- Venue
- Organic Letters
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2006-07-27
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- 8
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 3631-3634
- ISSN
- 1523-7052 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-7060
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- W2003691545
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- 21.91
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- en
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- green
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