Performance of Localized-Orbital Coupled Cluster Approaches for the Conformational Energies of Longer n-alkane Chains
arXiv:2209.03285 · doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06407
Abstract
We report an update and enhancement of the ACONFL (conformer energies of large alkanes [Ehlert, S.; Grimme, S.; Hansen, A. J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126, 3521-3535]) dataset. For the ACONF12 (n-dodecane) subset, we report basis set limit canonical CCSD(T) reference data obtained from MP2-F12/cc-pV{T,Q}Z-F12 extrapolation, [CCSD(F12*)-MP2-F12]/aug-cc-pVTZ-F12, and a (T) correction from conventional CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pV{D,T}Z calculations. Then we explored the performance of a variety of single and composite localized-orbital CCSD(T) approximations, ultimately finding an affordable LNO-CCSD(T)-based post-MP2 correction that agrees to 0.008 kcal/mol MAD (mean absolute deviation) with the revised canonical reference data. In tandem with canonical MP2-F12/CBS extrapolation, this was then used to re-evaluate the ACONF16 and ACONF20 subsets for n-hexadecane and n-icosane, respectively. A revised ACONFL set was thus obtained. It was then used to assess the performance of different localized-orbital coupled cluster approaches, such as PNO-LCCSD(T) as implemented in MOLPRO, DLPNO-CCSD (T1) as implemented in ORCA, and LNO-CCSD(T) as implemented in MRCC, at their various accuracy settings. A three-tier LNO-CCSD(T)-based composite scheme disagrees by only 0.02 kcal/mol from the revised ACONFL reference data. When extrapolated to the complete PNO space limit, DLPNO-CCSD(T1, Tight) and a composite method are the best picks among all the localized coupled cluster methods tested for the dodecane conformers. Dispersion-corrected dRPA-based double hybrids perform remarkably well for the ACONFL set. While the revised reference data do not affect any conclusions on the less accurate methods, they may upend orderings for more accurate methods with error statistics on the same order as the difference between reference datasets.
arXiv commentRevised MS submitted to JPC A: level of theory for reference calculations upgraded; many other changes
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