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Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol.99, No.13, 4355-4359, 1995
Full Configuration-Interaction Molecular-Dynamics of Na-2 and Na-3
We extend our ab initio molecular dynamics methods to more exact wave functions, including complete active space multiconfiguration self-consistent-field (CASSCF) and full configuration interaction (full CI) wave functions. These extensions are critical for describing properly the dynamics of bond formation/dissociation and isomerization, as we illustrate here by examining the bond dissociation/formation of Na-2 and the isomerization ("pseudorotation") of Na-3 with full CI dynamics. Equivalencing of all three atoms of Na-3 is found to proceed first via facile inversions through linear structures, which occur more often than conventional pseudorotation (via obtuse to acute to obtuse isosceles triangles).
Keywords:DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY;POTENTIAL-ENERGY SURFACES;SMALL WATER CLUSTERS;SODIUM TRIMER;GROUND-STATE;ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE;EXCITED-STATES;WAVE-FUNCTIONS;ABINITIO;NA3