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- Geometry optimizations and search of a transition state (TS) were performed with
the Gaussian-98 package [1] at the DFT level using the hybrid exchange-correlation functional B3LYP [2,3].
[1] Frisch, M. J.; Trucks, G. W.; et.al.. Gaussian 98, Revision A.11. Gaussian, Pittsburgh, PA (1998). [2] Becke, A. D. J Chem. Phys. 1993, 98, 5648. [3] Lee, C; Yang, W; Parr, R. G. Phys. Rev. B. 1988, 37, 785.
- The following basis set partition scheme was employed:
- The LANL2 effective core potential [4] with its valence shell basis set double-
(DZ) provided by the Gaussian-98 package was used for Cu and Al atoms. All atoms belonging to the (HO)3Al-O-Cu-O-Cu molecular cluster were described using the DZ basis set (B3LYP/LANL2-DZ calculations).
[4] Hay, P. J.; Wadt, W. R. J. Chem. Phys. 1985, 82, 270.
- The charge and spin density distributions on the atoms were calculated using
the Mulliken population analysis. Open shells were calculated using unrestricted density functional (uB3LYP/LANL2-DZ calculations).
- The excitation energy spectra were calculated for the system (HO)3Al-O2-Cu2-O1-
Cu1 using the same basis LANL2-DZ and optimized geometry. The theoretical spectra were calculated in the frames of DFT approach taking into account the time- dependent perturbations (TDDFT) [5,6].
[5] Parr, R. G.; Yang, W. Density-Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules; Oxford University Press: New York, 1989. [6] Runge, E.; Gross, E. K. U. Phys. ReV. Lett. 1984, 52, 997.
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