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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2014 Feb 17;16(21):10112–10128. doi: 10.1039/c3cp54724h

Table 3.

Zero-point vibrational energies (ZPVE) (in cm−1) and ZPVE corrections to the binding energy (ΔZPVE) (in kcal mol−1) for all dimers, computed with B3LYP-D3 and B3LYP-DCP methods.

B3LYP-D3 B3LYP-DCP

harm anharm harm anharm
ZPVE

Uracil 19077 18842 19410 19204
Adenine 24517 24199 24888 24612
Napthalene 32266 31888 33004 32633
Uracil-Uracil hydrogen-bonded 38581 37923 39166 38727
Uracil-Uracil stacked 38402 38002 39042 38567
Adenine-Adenine hydrogen-bonded 49649 48910 50378 49689
Adenine-Adenine stacked 49260 48638 50097 49455
Adenine-Naphthalene stacked 56998 56253 58140 57507

ΔZPVE

Uracil-Uracil hydrogen-bonded 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.9
Uracil-Uracil stacked 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.5
Adenine-Adenine hydrogen-bonded 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.3
Adenine-Adenine stacked 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7
Adenine-Naphthalene stacked 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7