We investigate the coupling of different quantum-embedding approaches with a third molecular-mechanics layer, which can be either polarizable or non-polarizable. In particular, such a coupling is discussed for the multilevel families of methods, in which the system is divided into an active and an inactive orbital space. The computational cost of the resulting three-layer approaches is reduced by treating the long-range interactions at the classical level. The developed methods are tested by the calculation of excitation energies of molecular systems in aqueous solution, for which an atomistic description of the environment is crucial to correctly reproduce the specific solute-solvent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding. In particular, we present the results obtained for three different moieties - acrolein, pyridine andpara-nitroaniline - showing that an almost perfect agreement with experimental data can be achieved when the relevant physico-chemical interactions are included in the modeling of the condensed phase.

Combining multilevel Hartree-Fock and multilevel coupled cluster approaches with molecular mechanics: a study of electronic excitations in solutions

Goletto L.;Giovannini T.;Koch H.
2021

Abstract

We investigate the coupling of different quantum-embedding approaches with a third molecular-mechanics layer, which can be either polarizable or non-polarizable. In particular, such a coupling is discussed for the multilevel families of methods, in which the system is divided into an active and an inactive orbital space. The computational cost of the resulting three-layer approaches is reduced by treating the long-range interactions at the classical level. The developed methods are tested by the calculation of excitation energies of molecular systems in aqueous solution, for which an atomistic description of the environment is crucial to correctly reproduce the specific solute-solvent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding. In particular, we present the results obtained for three different moieties - acrolein, pyridine andpara-nitroaniline - showing that an almost perfect agreement with experimental data can be achieved when the relevant physico-chemical interactions are included in the modeling of the condensed phase.
2021
Settore CHIM/02 - Chimica Fisica
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