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In the Table that follows, RSD is the residual standard deviation of the linear regression analysis of the calculated efg's versus the experimental nqcc's for the molecules given on the previous page.  This may be taken as a conservative estimate of the uncertainty in the calculated nqcc's.  (Note: A RSD of 1.0 MHz is 1.1 % of the average absolute experimental nqcc for the molecules used for calibration.)  All three diagonal components of the efg tensors are plotted against the corresponding components of the experimental nqcc tensors. This assures, because the tensors are traceless, that the linear regression line pass through the origin.  The slope of this line is eQeff/h from which the value of Qeff is extracted. Qeff is the model dependent nuclear electric quadrupole moment effective for calculation of the nqcc's.  For comparison, the currently recommended Q for 73Ge is -196 mb.  It is our goal to reproduce accurately as well as efficiently the experimental nqcc's - not Q. It is sufficient - indeed, all that can be expected at the level of theory in this work - that Qeff and Q agree to within a few percent.





 






There is a problem with molecules that contain tetrahedrally coordinated Ge, such as GeH3F and GeH3Cl.  Certain combinations of method and basis calculate components of the efg tensor that are inconsistent with the symmetry of the molecule.  The diagonal components of the efg tensor should satisfy the relationship Xxx = Xyy = -1/2 Xzz, but do not for some models. One example - the most egregious - is a calculation made on HCCGeH3 at the MP4(SDQ)/6-311G(2d) level of theory, for which the calculated efg's are -0.737463, 0.355524, and 0.381939 a.u.  Another, less troublesome, example is B3LYP/6-311G(2d) for both GeH3F and GeH3Cl. For the latter molecule, the calculated efg's are -2.013802, 1.006912, and 1.006890 a.u. Here the asymmetry is small, and probably acceptable ... but results like these do not inspire confidence.  The models listed in the following Table appear not to have this problem (at least to the number of figures given in the Gaussian output).





 






Polarization and diffuse functions used with the Alhrichs TZV bases are those developed for use with the Pople type bases.  The 6-311G(2d) and TZV(2d) bases, for example, contain the same polarization functions - same exponents and coefficients.





 






With the MP2 method, FULL = all electron correlation.






 






 





Table 1.  77Ge.  Calibration RSD (MHz) and Qeff (mb).





Method/Basis
RSD
 - Qeff





B3P86/6-311G(d) 1.30 193.9(5)

B3P86/6-311G(2d) 0.95 192.8(4)

B3P86/6-311G(3d) 1.05 191.8(4)

B3P86/6-311G(2df) 1.26 191.1(5)

B3P86/TZV(2d) 1.46 197.8(6)


B3PW91/6-311G(d) 1.33 193.0(5)

B3PW91/6-311G(2d) 0.96 192.9(4)

B3PW91/6-311G(3d) 1.12 191.8(4)


mPW1PW91/6-311G(d) 1.45 191.7(6)

mPW1PW91/6-311G(2d) 1.11 190.6(4)

mPW1PW91/6-311G(3d) 1.30 189.6(5)


PBE1PBE/6-311G(d) 1.56 192.2(6)

PBE1PBE/6-311G(2d) 1.20 191.0(5)

PBE1PBE/6-311G(3d) 1.38 190.0(6)


MP2(FULL)/6-311G(2d) 5.24 202.8(22)

MP2(FULL)/6-311G(3d) 5.16 202.3(22)

MP2(FULL)/6-311G(3df) 4.59 199.3(19)


MP4(SDQ)/6-311G(d,p) 5.26 209.0(23)

 
 













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