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Computational Chemistry: Introduction to the Theory and Applications of Molecular and Quantum Mechanics - Softcover
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1: An outline of what computational chemistry is all about. 1.1. What you can do with computational chemistry. 1.2. The tools of computational chemistry. 1.3. Putting it all together. 1.4. The philosophy of computational chemistry. 1.5. Summary of Chapter 1. References. 2: The concept of the potential energy surface. 2.1. Perspective. 2.2. Stationary points. 2.3. The Born-Oppenheimer approximation. 2.4. Geometry optimization. 2.5. Stationary points and normal-mode vibrations. Zero point energy. 2.6. Symmetry. 2.7. Summary. References. 3: Molecular mechanics. 3.1. Perspective. 3.2. The basic principles of molecular mechanics. 3.3. Examples of the use of molecular mechanics. 3.4. Geometries calculated by MM. 3.5. Frequencies calculated by MM. 3.6. Strengths and weaknesses of molecular mechanics. 3.7. Summary of chapter 3. References. 4: Introduction to quantum mechanics in computational chemistry. 4.1. Perspective. 4.2. The development of quantum mechanics. The Schrödinger equation. 4.3. The application of the Schrödinger equation to chemistry by Hückel. 4.4. The Extended Hückel Method. 4.5. Summary of chapter 4. References. M 5: Ab initio calculations. 5.1. Perspective. 5.2. The basic principles of the ab initio method. 5.3. Basis sets. 5.4. Post-Hartree-Fock Calculations: electron correlation. 5.5. Applications of the ab initio method.5.6. Strengths and weaknesses of ab initio calculations. 5.7. Summary of chapter 5. References. 6: Semiempirical calculations. 6.1. Perspective. 6.2. The basic principles of SCF semiempirical methods. 6.3. Applications of semiempirical methods. 6.4. Strengths and weaknesses of semiempirical methods. 6.5. Summary of chapter 6. References. 7: Density functional calculations. 7.1. Perspective. 7.2. The basic principles of density functional theory. 7.3. Applications of density functional theory. 7.4. Strengths and weaknesses of DFT. 7.5. Summary of chapter 7. References. 8: Literature, software, books and websites. 8.1. From the literature. 8.2. To the literature. 8.3. Software and hardware. Postscript. References. Index.
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