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

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