Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2022 Jan 04; doi: 10.1039/d1cp04885f. Epub 2022 Jan 04.

CASPT2 molecular geometries of Fe(II) spin-crossover complexes.

Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

Brian A Finney, Sabyasachi Roy Chowdhury, Clara Kirkvold, Bess Vlaisavljevich

PMID: 34981806 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04885f

Abstract

Using fully internally contracted (FIC)-CASPT2 analytical gradients, geometry optimizations of spin-crossover complexes are reported. This approach is tested on a series of Fe(II) complexes with different sizes, ranging from 13 to 61 atoms. A combination of active space and basis set choices are employed to investigate their role in determining reliable molecular geometries. The reported strategy demonstrates that a wave function-based level of theory can be used to optimize the geometries of metal complexes in reasonable times and enables one to treat the molecular geometry and electronic structure of the complexes using the same level of theory. For a series of smaller Fe(II) SCO complexes, strong field ligands in the LS state result in geometries with the largest differences between DFT and CASPT2; however, good agreement overall is observed between DFT and CASPT2. For the larger complexes, moderate sized basis sets yield geometries that compare well with DFT and available experimental data. We recommend using the (10

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