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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Chem Phys. 2012 Dec 14;137(22):224309. doi: 10.1063/1.4769791

TABLE III.

Energy gaps of 1,3-butadiene conformers calculated with respect to the s-trans conformer are reported, without considering zero point energy corrections, and referring to the PES reported in Figure 2. The QMC calculations are done on the geometries reported in Tables I and II, with ECP pseudopotential.

TS1
(kcal/mol)
gauche
(kcal/mol)
s-cis
(kcal/mol)
VMC1 6.06(17) 2.69(16) 3.54(19)
vmc2 6.68(11) 3.28(11) 3.68(11)
LRDMC1 6.31(31) 2.72(30) 3.84(30)
LRDMC2 6.46(28) 3.14(29) 3.94(29)
HFa 6.23 3.51 4.34
CCSD(T)b 6.124 2.899 3.474
CCSD(T)c 6.405 3.011 3.489
CCSD(T)a 6.06 3.05 3.43
G2d 5.67 2.92 3.45
CBS-Qd 6.02 3.16 3.38
MP2b 6.496 2.899 3.697
MP2a 6.53 3.02 3.65
B3LYPe 7.54 3.97
UVf 3.02(1)
RS (ECR)g 5.93 2.85 4.00
GF-RS (A)h 6.456 2.951 3.468
GF-RS (B)h 5.684 3.091 4.254
a

HF calculations are done with a cc-pVQZ basis while MP2 results are extrapolated and CCSD(T) results are obtained with a cc-pVDZ basis set. Reference 22.

b

Both calculations done with cc-pV5Z basis set from Ref. 27.

c

CCSD(T)(FC)/CBS with core/valence, scalar relativistic and CCSDT(Q)(FC)/cc-pVDZ corrections from Ref. 29.

d

G2 is based on QCISD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p) calculations on anMP2/6-31G* evaluated geometry, CBS-Q is based on MP2/6-311++G(3df,2p) calculations with higher order corrections from MP4(SDQ)/6-31+G(2d,p) and QCISD(T)/6-31+G on MP2/6-31G* geometries, both from Ref. 20.

e

Calculations with TZVP basis from Ref. 25.

f

The value of 2.93(1) reported in Ref. 78 is the ΔH° value obtained through UV spectra. To this value we have added the zero point energy difference between the gauge and s-trans state obtained in Ref. 29 through CCSD(T)(FC) calculations (+0.09 kcal/mol).

g

Raman Spectra from Ref. 30.

h

Gas Phase Raman Spectra (25°-200°) from Ref. 31.