On the flexibility of the multipole model refinement. A DFT benchmark study of the tetrakis(μ-acetato)diaquadicopper model system

On the flexibility of the multipole model refinement. A DFT benchmark study of the tetrakis(μ-acetato)diaquadicopper model system

In this study, the flexibility of the multipole Hansen–Coppens (HC) model refinement is investigated on calculated structure factors from a DFT reference for the tetrakis(μ-acetato)diaquadicopper model system (CCDC reference 1811668). The effect of the resolution [sin(θ)/λ], the Cu scattering factor...

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Main Authors: Andrej Hlinčík, Tadeáš Fülöp, Peter Herich, Jozef Kožíšek, Karol Lušpai, Lukáš Bučinský
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2025-07-01
Series:IUCrJ
Subjects:
hansen–coppens model
multipole model
benchmarking
density functional theory
dft
ab initio studies
experimental errors
computational modeling
molecular crystals
materials modeling
molecular simulations
Online Access:https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2052252525003355
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Summary:In this study, the flexibility of the multipole Hansen–Coppens (HC) model refinement is investigated on calculated structure factors from a DFT reference for the tetrakis(μ-acetato)diaquadicopper model system (CCDC reference 1811668). The effect of the resolution [sin(θ)/λ], the Cu scattering factor, the inclusion of anisotropic displacement parameters and the positions of the atoms in the refinement are considered in terms of statistical error analysis, residual and deformation density maps, Atoms In Molecules parameters, d-orbital populations, and others. The choice of the neutral Cu scattering factor in the HC refinement is found to give the most satisfactory results for most of the monitored parameters, despite the formal Cu2+ nature of copper in the studied complex. In order to put the difference between the HC model and the reference DFT (BLYP functional) results on the right scale, several computational chemistry methods (B3LYP, Hartree–Fock, Møller–Plesset perturbation theory and Coupled Clusters Singles and Doubles) were compared with the chosen DFT reference. Differences in the magnitudes of the structure factors and AIM parameters are presented, including considerations of relativistic effects and periodic boundary conditions, i.e. a comparison of a molecular crystal calculation versus an isolated molecule in the crystal.
ISSN:2052-2525

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