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Scalar-relativistic 5f-in-core pseudopotentials and core-polarization potentials for trivalent actinides: calibration calculations for Ac3+, Cm3+ and Lr3+ complexes

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The performance of recently proposed 5f-in-core pseudopotentials for the trivalent actinides was investigated in calculations for model complexes An3+Ln− for three selected actinides (An3+ = Ac3+, Cm3+, Lr3+) and eight simple ligands with atoms from the first three periods of the table of elements (Ln− = F−, Cl−, OH−, SH−, CO, NH −2 , H2O, H2S, NH3). Results of Hartree-Fock and Coupled Cluster with singles, doubles and perturbative triples calculations using basis sets of quadruple-zeta quality are compared to corresponding reference data obtained with scalar-relativistic energy-adjusted 5f-in-valence small-core pseudopotentials. The inclusion of core-polarization potentials in the 5f-in-core pseudopotential calculations and corrections of the basis set superposition error by the counterpoise correction leads to very good agreement between the 5f-in-valence and 5f-in-core pseudopotential results for bond lengths, bond angles and binding energies. Results from 5f-in-core pseudopotential calculations using different density functionals also show reasonable agreement with the more rigorous Coupled Cluster results. It is argued that the An 5f rather than the An f population is a useful criterion for the applicability of a specific An 5f-in-core pseudopotential.

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Weißmann, D., Dolg, M. Scalar-relativistic 5f-in-core pseudopotentials and core-polarization potentials for trivalent actinides: calibration calculations for Ac3+, Cm3+ and Lr3+ complexes. Theor Chem Acc 131, 1193 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-012-1193-z

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