Role of polarization functions in cation binding. H3NLi+ and H2OLi+

Role of polarization functions in cation binding. H3NLi+ and H2OLi+

Inkl&tiO~ between a I.i+&on and the bases N;H3 and OH, arc .&iied b$ab initio molecular orbital metho& F&is sets range in size from 631G’ to 6-311 i-$...

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Inkl&tiO~ between a I.i+&on and the bases N;H3 and OH, arc .&iied b$ab initio molecular orbital metho& F&is sets range in size from 631G’ to 6-311 i-$3” and in&de also doubk-valence -typescontai&~ two &s of polari&on tictio&_ ._ Intua~ti clltcgics computed with the singlypot&i&d (SP) sets arc tco high, duk in Iaxgepan to ovcreshaws of the~diipole momam of the bases- Both of the errors arc greatlyralucat ~.lun d functions are added ti, fii-row atomsmP)_ The .amtributions of doxron corrdation IO the inceracf.ionsarc included via M@Icr-Pkssct theory to second and .&ird ordak Whaeas the SP basis YIS kad incorrectly to attractivecontributionsof akdation, this component is positive x&h the DP sets .~ u%i& morooy~.involvesubstantially smallerbasis set &rposition errors at both the SCF and corrdatcd _L+s The second set of d functions is responsible &-for cm-r& behavior of both the -ndand third-order comuoncnts of c&elariok. Lithium cation and p&ton affiities calcuh~ed with the DP basis set are in excdknt aoxxd -with vahes me&y+ experimcnmy-

Ab initio mokcular orbital calculations have contributed a great deal to our understanding of molcctdar interactions [lJ]_ These calculations have been successful in characteriziug the nature of the forces involved and in predicting geometries of various complexes prior to their experimental determinatiou. A traditionally popular means of studying these interactions is via the supermolec&e approach wherein the entire compkx is treated. as a single @rge system. .Within this framework, the interaction energy is computed indirectly as a small difference between very large quantities and is hence extremely susceptible to small errors in the subsystems properties such as electric moments and polarizabilities. Despite the.fact that doublezeta basis sets with a single set Of- polarization functions a&z..well. known. to substantially overt on lute fromblstituteof Chemistry. university OFW~w,~ XI-383 wro&~,PohldR&arch’

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dipore moments, recent years have witnessed a large number of ab- initio. studies. of molecular interactions using basis sets of this type+ resulting in exaggeration of the electrostatic attraction and associated inaccuracies in the total iuteraction energy [3-S]_ = -The necessity of using basis sets of fkte size leads to a second problem as well. In order ‘to improve the description of its electronic:structure, each molecule may take advantage of the vacant orbitak of the other subsystem and thereby lower its computed energy. ‘Ilkrefore, in addition to-the genuine ~s~tab,ilityof the_ complex relative- to the isolated subsystems, use of an incomplete basis set results in au. additional .and artificial component knoti as the basis set-superposition error (BSSE) (for a selected .J.istof examples see ref.’ [6J)_ In the --case of weak complexes. the magnitude of- the. BSSE tibtained with a- poor basis set may be comparable to the actual interaction energy itself,. making it difficult ~to extract useful informatiou from_ the ~caI&h.kionS [A_-. An .eff&tive-.means .ef corrkcting for_ the BSSE is by use of the-counter~poiseprocedtire where the spurious lowering of .the estimate

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energy of each mokuIe by the presence of the orbit& of the other is explicitly c&x&ted and subtracted from the previousIy computed interaction energy IS]_ One drawback of the counterpoise procedure is that it furnishes OIIIY-~.U upper limit to the BSSE Attempts to scale the counterpoise correction [9] or to include onIy the vacant MOs of the other subsystem flO] have met with moderate success and appear to generally Iead to underestimates of the true BSSE In addition to the primy artificial Iowering of the energy of each subsystem mentioned above, utihzation of orbitaIs of one _moIecuIeby the other can lead to a secondary effect which, as pointed out by KarIsUiim and SadIej [ll], may improve the caIcuIated electronic properties of each moIecuIe and thereby result in a more a ccurate description of the moIecuIar interaction One should therefore not regard the effeets of basis set superposition as purely an error whose influence is to be totaIIy discardedBasis set superposition errors are not limited to the SCF IeveI but may occur in post-Hartree-Fock treatments as well [X2-17)_ Indced. the error in the cot-reIation energy may be Iarger than the SCF BSSE Despite this fact. the infIuence of basis set superposition upon interaction energies at the correlated IeveI has received very IittIe attention to date_ One difficuhy in evaluation of BSSE at correIatcd IeveIs is that the counterpoise procedure is valid onIy for those CI techniques which are size consistent_ Thus, it would not be appropriate to evaluate the BSSE within the framework of the often used Iimited CI method including only singIe and doubIe excitations_ Many-b&y perturbation theory (MBIT) with M#Ier-PIesset partitioning of the hamihonian [18,19] offers an attractive opportunity to study moIecuIar interactions at correlated levels_ The procedure has been demonstrated to provide accurate results in a fraction of the time required by comparable CI techniques [4]_ Moreover9 its size consistency aIIows the evahxation of BSSE within the framework of the counterpoise procedure Previous calculations have underscored the importance of ehmination of the spurious effects of the BSSE for a ccurate resuhs. For example, inch&on of counterpoise corrections at the MP2 and MP3

IeveIs Ied Newton and ICestner 1161to much superior agreement with experimental data for the water dimer_ Our own recent caIcuIations with the 631G** basis set found rather substantial superposition errors for the complexation reactions of H+ and Li* with a number of bases [lfl_ In fac& the BSSE at correlated levels was comparable in magnitude to the actual contribution of electron correlation to the total interaction energy_ The cakzulations reported in the present paper were carried out with a number of goals in mind. Aithough singly polarized double-zeta basis sets ~eneraIIy lead to .exa~erated dipole moments. several workers have recently suggested that addition of a second set of d functions on each fmt-row atom can yield marked improvements in both the electric moments and polarizabihties and therefore much better estimates of interaction energies [20,21]_ We have accordingly undertaken a systematic study of the effects of basis set size upor. the electric properties and interaction energges of a number of complexes. The caIcuIations are carried out at levels ranging from SCF to third-order M$lIer-PIesset theory to analyze the contributions of eIectron correlation to the interactions_ We have also carefully investigated the effects of basis set superposition error with each basis set at correIated as weII as SCF levels. The systems chosen for study are the complexes formed between the Lie cation and the bases NH3 and OH,_ The smaII sixes of these systems allow us to bring to bear fairly large basis sets and their simplicity aIIows a straightforward interpretation of the data For example, use of an electron-deficient Li’ cation leads to the assumption, substantiated below, that the BSSE may be wholly attributed to utihxation of the Li orbitah by the eiectrons of the base with no contribution from the reverse situation- Another objective of the present work is accurate determination of the proton and lithium cation affinities of ammonia and water, incIuding the effects of zero-point vibrational energies and BSSE at both SCF and correlated levels_ ZMechods Ab initio calculations were carried out using the GAUSSIAN 80 package of computer codes [22].

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.EIectron correlation was studied using .M&erPlesset perturbation theory [19] to second (MP2)_ -and third (MP3) orders, keeping the ‘cores of the fir+row atoms frozen_ Quadrupole and octupole moments were evaluated by the molecular properties pa&age of the MON!$IERGAUSS program WIInteraction energies were computed as the difference in total energy between each complex and the reference subunits at infinite separation_ The counterpoise method [S] was used to evaluate the basis set superposition error-which was computed as the difference in energy between the isolated subunits on one hand and the subunit energies, each calculated within the basis set and geometry of the entire compIex, on the other. A number of different basis sets were 2ppIied to these systems The smallest, 6-31G* is of split-valence type and contains polarization functions of d type on fmt-row atoms [24]; 6-31G** is identical but includes p functions on H atoms as well. The 6-31G’ * basis set-proposed by Nobes et aI_ [25] is simiIar to 6-31G** except that the exponents used for the polarization functions are somewhat different: the p functions on H are more diffuse while the d functions on N and 0 are somewhat more contracted_ Other basis sets used were of triple-vaIence type with polarization functions on first-row atoms (6311G*) and on ah atoms (6-311G**) [26]. To examine the effects of different numbers of sets of polarization functions, the 6-31G** set was modifted as follows_ 6-31G**(lp,2d) contains a second set of d functions on first-row atoms (3 = 032); the sir&e set of p functions on H has been made more diffuse (5 = 015) [20]_ Ah atoms

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3. Results 3. I. Monomer properties

it is well known that molecular interactions are frequently strongly influenced by electrostatic considerations This will be particularly true for the interactions of a lithium cation with the two bases [30]_ Since the charo,e distribution of Li* is sphericaI, the components of the electrostatic energy in order of decreasing magnitude will be ion-dipole. ion-quadrupole, and ion-octupole. It is therefore extremely important that any basis set used for systems of this type accura tely represent the electric moments of the bases Moments calculated with each of the basis sets are presented in table 2 along with experimental data where availableBecause of the particular importance of the dipole moments, the basis set dependence of this property has been emphasized by pictorial representation in fig l_ It is first clear that all basis sets lead to some overestimation of the dipole moment of both NH, and OH,_ However, the .deggee of exaggeration varies a great deal among the various basis sets_ Beginning with the smallest basis sets on the left-hand side, the three double-valence basis sets all lead to substantial overestimates aI--

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though there is a sIi& trend toward smaller vaIues as the basis set is en@@ by addition of poIarization functions on H atoms Extension of the basis set from double to triple valence yields no substantial improvements in the dipoIe moments. That is. comparison of 6-31G’ with 631lG* and 6-31G** with 6-3llG** geneally show only smaI1 changes An excepticn is the 6-3llG* vabre of the dipole moment of water which is particuIarly poor_

AU the above basis sets contain at most a single set of polarization functions on each atom Dramatic improvements in the dipole moments of both mokcules resuh from inclusion of second sets of polarization functions_ both 6-31G**(lp,2d) and 6-31G**(ZpZd) produce dipole moments in e~~ceilent agreement with the experimentaI values despite the fact that the valence shell is doubly rather than triply split_ It is interesting that the- fairly large 6-311+ G**(2d) basis set leads to a rather

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estimate of the -dipole -moment.- of. water, ~identical :to- the. 6311G’it _and 6-31GY. values_ The poor performan ce of the tliple+ziknce basis sets may Abe attributed -perhaps- to’ the fact: .~ that the --exponents of. these basis sets .were evaluated- via post-Hart&-Fock treatments; An important conchsion from fig. 1 is that addition of a second set of diffuse. d functions to. the standard 6-31G** basis set Ieads to dipole moments in &xl &cord with experiment :. Table 2 ako contains the calculated quadrupole (@and o&pole (Q) moments of NH; and OH,In. genera& all calculated components of the quadrupole moments ire somewhat -smaller in _ magnitude than experimental vaIues.- However, these underestimates are least severe for basis sets including two sets of d functions. As noted for the dipole moments, the triply split 6-31l.G type basis sets produce results only slightly better than 6-31G types;. more appreciable improvements arise from addition of second sets of polarization functions. The best ovemh agreement with experiment is associated with the 6_31G**(2p,2d) basis set_ AIthough there are no experimental data available

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A second fundamental distinction between t&se two types of- basis sets involves the effects of eicctron correlation npon the interaction energies_~ For the basis sets with a single set of d functions, tire correlated complexation energies are generally bighcr than the SCF vahtcs while the reverse is true for doubly polarized sets_ The effects of electron correlation may be anaiyzed in more depth using fig_ 3 which explicitly illustrates the secondand third-order components of the interaction energy_ (Note the return to normal sign convention; neogtive values are at the bottom of fig 3.) Comparison of the MP2 and MP3 curves sho>s that the second-order contributions to the interaction energy are of larger magnitude *&art third-order terms; hence the total correlation effect tends to parallel the MP2 curve Moreover, the MP2 and MP3 components are aiways of opposite sign- Of greatest importance is the behavior of the total Ml’2 f MP3 correlation contribution to the interaction energy_ lhere is a clear trend in both systems t0rrai-d less negative values as the basis set is improved_ Hou-ever, it is only when a second set of d functions is added to the basis set that the axreiation contribution to the interaction energy

beoornes poz5itivq’i.e. repulsive_ The presence of p. functions on hydrogen appears @qxxtant for.the : caldation -of positive correlation contributions; : indeed their absencein 6-31G* and 6-311G? leads to latge negative values. The H p functions, particuIarly the second set, make smaller contriiu--tions to the dipole moments of-the bases (see fig--. 1). In the case of H,O-Li’ it is possible to cornpare our results to the extensive calculations of Diercksen et al_ [12] involving~ a CI procedure including all single and double ticitations and a. flexible basis set_ These workers found the corrclation contribution to the interaction energy to be a positive value of l-16 kcal/moL-not much different than the resuhs calculated here with the 631G**(lp,2d) and 6-31G**(2p,2d) basis sets_ ft therefore appears that for systems of this type, a minimum of two sets of d functions are necessary for proper repulsive- behavior of the correlation contribution to the interaction. This conclusion is not confined to systems containing Li* but also to interactions with a proton, as Pople and co-workers [35-371 found incorrect attractive contributions of electron correlation with the 6-31G* and 6-31G**

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effectively ah of the BSSE arises from electron donation from the base to Li*_ As p&ted out above a principal inadequacy of the smdI basis sets is the incorrect sign of the axreIation contribution to the interaction energy_ However. by subtracting the BSSE in fig 4 from this contribution, it is possibie to get a much more appropriate treatment of correlation_ This behavior may be seen in fig 5 which contains the correIation contributions, corrected for BSSE For both systems, this correction procedure leads to positive values for dmost aI1basis sets, in qualitative agreement with the abovementioned resufts of Diercksen et al_ The general basis set dependence of the data in figs. 3 and 5 are not very different; instead. there is an overall vertical translation of 2ach curve with some flattening of the curves resuhing from BSSE corrections_ The high vahtes on the right-hand side of fig_ 5 indicate that the counterpoise method is probably overcorrecting, which is not unexpected with reggd to the ahove discussion concerning primaty and secondary effats_ One should therefore be cautious about subtracting the full BSSE computed by the counterpoise approach_ WhiIe the counterpoise corrections have re-

to the lack of any electrons on the point charge, the correlation energy will be exclusively of intramoIecular type within the base molecule ln the case of LP, there is the possibility of an intermolecuiar component as well, but this quantity shouId be quite smaIl as a result of the very small polarizability of Li+ (O-027 A3) [38]_ In fact, an empirical estimate of the dispersion energy in the base-Li* system by the London formula is less than -0-4 kcal/mol [39]_ The similarity of the systems containing the point charge with those containing Li* is apparent from the data in table 3

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in a sequence of even-tempered basis sets on both the SCF and correlated levels, the latter via .diagrarnmatic many-body perturbation theoj;. These authors found- that in the case of Ne, the magnitude of BSSE- at correlated levels -can ‘be numeri_cally greater than the SCF BSSE It therefore appears that our conclusions conkming base-Lie interactions may be extended to a wide range ofother systems as well. 3-3. Li + and H + affinitie The foregoing analysis has demonstrated that the doubly polarized 6_31G**(2p,2d) basis set provides a sound framework for an accurate and well-balanced treatment of the LiC-complexation reactions_ In an effort to determine the best possible theoretical vaIue for the interaction energy, the distance of the lithium cation from the base moIecule was optimized at the SCF- and correlated

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b?raddingAZPE (240 for HJLfi*:LlO

for H,O-Li+

whether the R(X-Li*) distance used comes from a SCF or MP3 op timization The discrepanci~ between rMP2 and MP3 are even smaller_ F+erimental valua with which the theoretical data may be compared are generally lithium cation affinities measured at 298 K_ To bring the two types of property into coincidence, the cakxlated interaction energges must f-t be corrected for the difference in zero-point vibrational energies betweep the isolated bases and the complexes, dZPE Del Bene et al. [27) have previously obtained a vah,re of AZPE for H,O-Li’ of 210 kcal/mol by a vibrational anaIysis of the 6-31G* force constants and we have adopted this value here; raising the tem_perature to 298 K adds an additional O-4 kcal/moL However, there is no currently available data of comparabl accuracy for the H,N-Li* system_ We have aecordin& made use of 3-21G data by the following procedure Del Bene et aL provided both 3-21G and 6-31G’ data for HP-Li+ which allows the former to-be seaIed to the htter_ Applying the same sealing constant to the 3-21G data for H,N-Li’, we arrive at a value of &ZPE of 240 kcal/moL Further corrections include A( pY) of -0-6 kcal/mol to convert from AE to QN and $RT for loss of translational degrees of freedom as a result of complexation, The f& estimates-of Li* affinities are provided in the last row of table 4 where the agreement with experimental VaIUes (in parentheses) may be seen to be quite good_ It is interesting that the 6-311+ ,**@I) basis set leads to an exceUent Li* affinity

). a rhcmri amwZionof0.4.aud

-$RTtoAE_

despite its rather poor estimate of the dipole moment of H,O_ For pruposes of comparisnn, we have performed calcuiations also of the interactions of the bases with a proton. The geometries of the protonateci species were taken from previous FOG0 optimizations. The interaction energies and proton affinities are presented in table 5 which includes previous caIculations and experimental data as well_ As above, the interaction energies have been adjusted by inclusion of zeropoint vibrational energges and thermal considerations to yield a theeretical estimate of the proton affinity at 298 K_ Comparison with the experimentaI values reiterates the high accuracy of the doubly polarized 6-31Gf*(2p,2d) basis set for treatment of cation binding, and especially for binding H* and Li+ to NH, and H,O_ One important distinction between Hf and Li+ binding concerns the relative contriiutions of various orders of MP theory_ In general. Ii+ affinities are substantially Iess sensitive to correlation effects at all orders_ For example, MP2 lowers the SCF proton aftinities of NH, and H,O by 3.6 kcaI/mcl as compared to a drop of only = 1 kcal/mol in the Lit afftities_ Whereas the-third-order contribution to the proton afftities is = 2 kcal/&roI, the Li’ affinities are changed by less than 02 With regard-to fourth-order.corrections, Frisch et aI._[35] have found changes in the H+ afftities of NH, and Ha0 of less than 0.5 kcal/moL Based upon the aforementioned tren& we expect changes

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in the Li+ binding energies of substantially less than this amount to be introduced by MP4 calcu-

ductions in the BSSE at both SCF and correlated levels. By correcting the correlation contribution

MiOllS_

for BSSE, it is possibie to improve the resuhs such that all basis sets yield a positive value for the corrected correlation contribution However; there remains a discrepancy in that the corrected thirdand second-order contributions are of the same

4_ Condusions There are a number of problems encountered with polarized basis sets of double or triplevaIence type (e.g., 6-31G” and 6-311G*‘) which may be greatly ameliorated or even eliminated by addition of a second set bf polarization functions_ The additional d functions on first-row atoms are particularly helpful with auxiliary H p functions playing a somewhat less important role_The singly polarized sets lead to exaggeration of the dipole moments of the, bases and consequent overestii mates of the cation binding energies_The contributions of electron correlation to the interaction are improperly described by these basis sets which yieId attractive cc~ntriiutions; in contt%st~to the repulsive.character known from’previous calculations- It is essential to reduce basisset superposition errors as they are not negligiile; even with larger basissets In facL. the. BSSE. at the corre: Iated level is compaiable in magnitude to both the SCF BSSE and the total correlation ch*Jibution to the inteiktion en&gym Inclusion of second sets of polarization functions leads to sixbstantial re-

sign (positive) with the singly polarized sets, while previous MBFT calculati&s confirm *e’find&g with the doubly polarized sets that these two terms

should have opposite sign. This conclusion is further verified by comparison with the resuhs where

Ii* is replaced by a point charge, thereby eliminating the possibility of basis set superposition or intermolecuku correIation_ Ftiyafter combining t&e CalcuIatedinkaction ener&es with appropriate ground vibrational and thermal effects, the estimates of the I’ (and H+) affinities,

computed with the doubly po@iz$d basis set (and neglecting superposition errors), are found to be in excellent agreement with experiment..

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This work was supported f%anciaI.Iy by the National Institutes of Health (GM29391 and AMO1059) and the Research Cot-p_Computer time was provided by the SIU Computer Center_

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