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Geometry prediction of hafnocenes by quantum chemical methods

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The performance of quantum chemical methods for geometry prediction of hafnocenes was evaluated. HF, B3LYP and MP2 in combination with nonrelativistic (MHF) and relativistic (MWB and LANL2DZ) basis sets for hafnium together with standard basis sets 3-21G*, 6-31G* and 6-311G** for other elements were applied. Five basic structural parameters of the optimized structures of the hafnocenes were compared with experimental crystal structures obtained from the Cambridge structural database. Altogether 80 hafnocenes were included in the analysis. The results show that relativistic corrections are necessary for Hf atom. However, even the Hartree–Fock (HF) method, when combined with relativistic pseudopotentials, reproduces the experimental crystal structures with significant accuracy. The good performance of the HF method can be understood to originate from the absence of significant near-degeneracy correlations for hafnium. On average, the B3LYP and MP2 methods provide structural parameters somewhat closer to the experimental ones.

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    Virve A. Karttunen, Mikko Linnolahti & Tapani A. Pakkanen

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Karttunen, V.A., Linnolahti, M., Pakkanen, T.A. et al. Geometry prediction of hafnocenes by quantum chemical methods. Theor Chem Account 118, 899–913 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-007-0375-6

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