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Development of multi-component MO method beyond Born-Oppenheimer approximation


In order to explore the nature of hydrogen-bonding with isotope effect, we have developed the multi-component molecular orbital (MC_MO) method, which takes into account the quantum effect of proton and deuteron, beyond Born-Oppenheimer approximation. In the case of H2, HD, and D2 molecules, we have clearly demonstrated that the difference of charge distributions between proton and deuteron reflects the electronic structure and bond distance (see Figure 1). This MC_MO method is a powerful tool to study the geometrical and kinetic isotope effects for various chemical phenomena, such as the hydrogen-absorbing metallic nanoparticle, C-H...O type hydrogen-bonding, and hydrogen (proton) abstraction reaction.

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Fig. Charge distributions of nuclei (lower panel) and electrons (upper panel) of H2, HD, and D2 molecules. The internulear distances and dipole moments are shown as R and µx, respectively.

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