The role of exchange in systematic DFT errors for some organic reactions

David R.B. Brittain, Ching Yeh Lin, Andrew T.B. Gilbert, Ekaterina I. Izgorodina, Peter M.W. Gill, Michelle L. Coote

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Abstract

Serious (up to 87 kJ mol-1) systematic DFT errors in a series of isodesmic reactions are found to be due to the DFT exchange component, and can be largely corrected by substitution of the DFT exchange energy with the Fock exchange energy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1138-1142
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume11
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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