title: Accurate calculation of vibrational frequencies using explicitly correlated coupled-cluster theory.
abstract: The recently proposed explicitly correlated CCSD(T)-F12x (x = a,b) approximations [T. B. Adler, G. Knizia, and H.-J. Werner, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 221106 (2007)] are applied to compute equilibrium structures and harmonic as well as anharmonic vibrational frequencies for H(2)O, HCN, CO(2), CH(2)O, H(2)O(2), C(2)H(2), CH(2)NH, C(2)H(2)O, and the trans-isomer of 1,2-C(2)H(2)F(2). Using aug-cc-pVTZ basis sets, the CCSD(T)-F12a equilibrium geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies are in very close agreement with CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pV5Z values. The anharmonic frequencies are evaluated using vibrational self-consistent field and vibrational configuration interaction methods based on automatically generated potential energy surfaces. The mean absolute deviation of the CCSD(T)-F12a/aug-cc-pVTZ anharmonic frequencies from experimental values amounts to only 4.0 cm(-1).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany. rauhut@theochem.uni-stuttgart.de
authors.forename: Guntram
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rauhut
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Knizia
authors.forename: Hans-Joachim
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Werner