IR INTENSITIES: SUMMARY



1999 August 3
    SUMMARY OF REPLIES TO QUESTION ABOUT IR INTENSITIES
    Reply #6 gives a ref to Raman intensities
   Thanks very much to all who responded to my question
           E. Lewars
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 The question:
 1999 July 25
                  INTENSITIES OF IR BANDS--HOW GOOD?
  A lot has been published on correction factors for the *positions* (i.e. the
 wavenumber values) of calculated IR bands; the canonical paper is A. P. Scott
 and L. Radom, J. Phys. Chem., 1996, 100, 16502.
  Has there been any published work on the the *relative intensities* of
 calculated IR bands? I mean purely empirical comparison of calc and experimental
 IR spectra, to see which methods give the best match to the real spectra, and
 how, if possible, one can correct calc intensities to match the experimental.
     Thanks.
      E. Lewars
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    REPLIES TO QUESTION ABOUT IR INTENSITIES
 Note that #6 below gives a ref to Raman intensities.
 #1
 Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 14:14:26 -0400 (EDT)
 Subject: Re: CCL:CALC IR INTENSITIES__HOW GOOD?
 On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, E. Lewars wrote:
 >                  INTENSITIES OF IR BANDS--HOW GOOD?
 Could you please send me on any references you get with respect to this
 issue?  I am interested also :)
 thanks,
 Ruth
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 #2
 Sender: Bertrand.Illien "-at-" chimie.univ-nantes.fr
 Subject: Re: CCL:CALC IR INTENSITIES__HOW GOOD?
 hello  E. Lewars
 If you get some answers, may you send it to me.
 thanks in advance
 Bertrand
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 #3
 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:02:48 +0300 (EET DST)
 Subject: Re: CCL:CALC IR INTENSITIES__HOW GOOD?
 Dear Lewars:
 It would be very good if you can find an answer to this problem. In short
 the answer to your question is no (this is an informal answer). But it
 might actually depend on what you exactly mean and want. You may look
 at the work of P. J. Stephens and the group of theoretical chemistry at
 Cambridge. Sorry I do not have refs. right now but I may look for some if
 you want.
 Best regards,
 Adel El-Azhary
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 #4
           Jul 26 Jens Spanget-Larse (48)   CCL:CALC RAMAN ACTIVITIES__HOW
 GOODCommand: Read MessageMessage 5/7 from Jens Spanget-Larsen
 Jul 26 '99 at 1:38 pm
 Organization: Roskilde Universitetscenter
 To: chemistry "-at-" ccl.net, "E. Lewars" <elewars "-at-"
 alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:38:48 +0100
 Subject: CCL:CALC RAMAN ACTIVITIES__HOW GOOD?
 Dear CCL:
 E. Lewars asked the following question (1999 July 25):
 >                  INTENSITIES OF IR BANDS--HOW GOOD?
 >
 >  A lot has been published on correction factors for the *positions* (i.e.
 the
 > wavenumber values) of calculated IR bands; the canonical paper is A. P.
 Scott
 > and L. Radom, J. Phys. Chem., 1996, 100, 16502.
 >  Has there been any published work on the the *relative intensities* of
 > calculated IR bands? I mean purely empirical comparison of calc and
 experiment
 > IR spectra, to see which methods give the best match to the real spectra,
 and
 > how, if possible, one can correct calc intensities to match the
 experimental.
 I would like to add the corresponding question concerning *Raman
 scattering activities*!
 Thank you,
 Yours, Jens >--<
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     Jul 26 Karl Irikura       (179)  Re: CCL:CALC IR INTENSITIES__HOW GOOD?
 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:58:16 -0400
 Subject: Re: CCL:CALC IR INTENSITIES__HOW GOOD?
 Dear Dr. Lewars,
 Please summarize, especially if you find something as definitive as the
 Scott/Radom paper you mention.  I find the following three papers.
 (1)     Halls, M. D.; Schlegel, H. B. Journal of Chemical Physics 1998,
 109, 10587-10593.
 (2)     Lampert, H.; Mikenda, W.; Karpfen, A. J. Phys. Chem. A 1997, 101,
 2254-2263.
 (3)     Stanton, J. F.; Lipscomb, W. N.; Magers, D. H.; Bartlett, R. J. J.
 Chem. Phys. 1989, 90, 3241-3249.
 Best wishes,
 Karl I.
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 #6
 Sender: mathieu "-at-" ripault.cea.fr
 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:24:41 +0200
 To: "E. Lewars" <elewars "-at-" alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>, jsl
 "-at-" virgil.ruc.dk
 Subject: Re: CCL:CALC IR INTENSITIES__HOW GOOD?
 A recent paper: M.D. Halls & H.B. Schlegel, J. Chem. Phys. 109 (1998) p.
 10587 a
 nd
 ref. 10-14 therein.
 In this paper, a steady improvement is noted on going from lower (HF) to higher
 (Adiabatic Connection DFT) levels of theory, through local and gradient correcte
 d
 functionals.
 The improvement in force constants accuracy on going to higher levels seems to p
 lay
 a non-negligible role.
 Indeed the difference between HF and B3LYP intensities is less dramatic when a
 common force field is used as I did in a study with normal modes obtained from
 CFF91 force field and quantum calculations reserved for dipole moment derivative
 s:
 cf. Int. J. Quant. Chem. 69, 705-711 (1998)
 > how, if possible, one can correct calc intensities to match the
 experimental.
 Such a correction is suggested by Halls & Schlegel for HF intensities.
   [RAMAN]:
 With regard to Raman data: Chem. Phys. Lett. 247, 120-125 (1995) but there are
 probably more recent papers.
 Regards
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 #7
    1999 July 30
  George Vacek       (55)   Re: CCL:CALC IR INTENSITIES__HOW GOOD?
 ``A Systematic Theoretical Study of the Harmonic Vibrational
 Frequencies for Polyatomic Molecules: The Single, Double, and
 Perturbative Triple Excitation Coupled-Cluster [CCSD(T)] Method,''
 J. R. Thomas, B. J.  DeLeeuw, G. Vacek and H. F. Schaefer,
 J. Chem. Phys. 98, 1336 (1993).
 ``The Balance Between Theoretical Method and Basis Set Quality: A
 Systematic Study of Equilibrium Geometries, Dipole Moments, Harmonic
 Vibrational Frequencies, and Infrared Intensities,'' J. R. Thomas, B.
 J. DeLeeuw, G. Vacek, T. D. Crawford, Y. Yamaguchi and H. F. Schaefer,
 J. Chem. Phys. 99, 403 (1993).
 ``The Chemical Applicability of Standard Methods in Ab Initio
 Molecular Quantum Mechanics,'' in Modern Electronic Structure Theory,
 H. F. Schaefer, J. R. Thomas, Y. Yamaguchi, B. J. DeLeeuw and
 G. Vacek, Editor D. R. Yarkony (World Scientific Publishing,
 Singapore, 1995) pp. 3--54.
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 #8
 Subject: Re: CCL:CALC IR INTENSITIES__HOW GOOD?
 Hi,
     I don't have any denifite answer to your question, but the following
 literatures may be of some interest to you.
 Lampert, Heike; Mikenda, Werner; Karpfen, Alfred.
 line 1 [h for help]Molecular Geometries and Vibrational Spectra of Phenol,
 Benzaldehyde, and Salicylaldehyde: Experimental versus Quantum Chemical Data.
 J. Phys. Chem. A  (1997),  101(12),  2254-2263.
 Nowak, Maciej J.; Lapinski, Leszek; Fulara, Jan; Les, Andrzej; Adamowicz,
 Ludwik.
 Matrix isolation IR spectroscopy of tautomeric systems and its theoretical
 interpretation:
 2-hydroxypyridine/2(1H)-pyridinone.
 J. Phys. Chem.  (1992),  96(4),  1562-9.
 Mathieu, Didier; Simonetti, Philippe.
 Harmonic IR spectra from empirical force fields and
 Ab initio dipole-moment derivatives.
 Int. J. Quantum Chem.  (1998),  69(6),  705-711.
 Mathieu, Didier; Defranceschi, Mireille; Lecayon, Gerard; Grand, Andre;
 Delhalle, Joseph.
 Dependence of the vibrational frequencies and intensities on the configuration
 of
 polyacrylonitrile: an ab initio study on model oligomers.
 Chem. Phys.  (1993),  171(1-2),  133-43.
 This topic is quite interesting to me also, so I would appreciate it very much
 if you would
 summarize the responses you have got.
 With best regards,
                        Takanori Kanazawa
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