Benchmarking density functional tight binding models for barrier heights and reaction energetics of organic molecules
Authors
Gruden, Maja
Anđelković, Ljubica

Jissy, Akkarapattiakal Kuriappan

Stepanović, Stepan

Zlatar, Matija

Cui, Qiang

Elstner, Marcus

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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Density Functional Tight Binding (DFTB) models are two to three orders of magnitude faster than ab initio and Density Functional Theory (DFT) methods and therefore are particularly attractive in applications to large molecules and condensed phase systems. To establish the applicability of DFTB models to general chemical reactions, we conduct benchmark calculations for barrier heights and reaction energetics of organic molecules using existing databases and several new ones compiled in this study. Structures for the transition states and stable species have been fully optimized at the DFTB level, making it possible to characterize the reliability of DFTB models in a more thorough fashion compared to conducting single point energy calculations as done in previous benchmark studies. The encouraging results for the diverse sets of reactions studied here suggest that DFTB models, especially the most recent third-order version (DFTB3/3OB augmented with dispersion correction), in most cases p...rovide satisfactory description of organic chemical reactions with accuracy almost comparable to popular DFT methods with large basis sets, although larger errors are also seen for certain cases. Therefore, DFTB models can be effective for mechanistic analysis (e.g., transition state search) of large (bio)molecules, especially when coupled with single point energy calculations at higher levels of theory.
Keywords:
DFTB / transition state optimization / barrier heights / reaction energiesSource:
Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2017, 38, 25, 2171-2185Publisher:
- Wiley, Hoboken
Projects:
- Rational design and synthesis of biologically active and coordination compounds and functional materials, relevant for (bio)nanotechnology (RS-172035)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01-GM106443]
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Serbian-German bilateral project [451-03-01038/2015-09/7]
Note:
- This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: Gruden, M., Andjelkovic, L., Jissy, A.K., Stepanović, S., Zlatar, M., Cui, Q., Elstner, M., Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2017, 38 (25), pp. 2171-2185. which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.24866. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
- http://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2131
DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24866
ISSN: 0192-8651
PubMed: 28736893