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. 2022 Dec 15;14(2):384–392. doi: 10.1039/d2sc05769g

EDA-NOCV of Be(cAACDip)2 at the B3LYP-D3(BJ)/TZ2P level of theory. The lowest ΔEorb-corr is highlighted in bold. Energy values are given in kcal mol−1.

Be0(1D, 2s02p2); (cAAC)2 (singlet) Be+(2P, 2s02p1); (cAAC)21− (doublet) Be2+(1S, 2s02p0); (cAAC)22− (singlet)
ΔEint −287.1 −426.0 −847.9
ΔEPauli 157.4 99.9 105.8
ΔEdispa −10.5 (2.4%) −10.5 (2.0%) −10.5 (1.1%)
ΔEelstata −202.6 (45.6%) −276.3 (52.5%) −499.4 (52.4%)
ΔEorb −231.4 −239.3 −401.4
ΔEorb-HF 0.0 0.2 −42.4
ΔEorb-corra −231.4 (52.1%) −239.1 (45.5%) −443.8 (46.5%)
ΔEorb-σ(+,+)b −18.3 (7.9%) −28.6 (12.4%) −45.7 (10.3%)
ΔEorb-σ(+,−)b −51.9 (22.4%) −68.6 (28.7%) −90.3 (20.3%)
ΔEorb-πb −150.7 (65.1%) −106.2 (44.4%) −211.6 (47.7%)
ΔEorb-restb −10.4 (4.5%) −34.6 (14.5%) −53.9 (12.1%)
S2 0.571
a

The value in parentheses gives the percentage contribution to the total attractive interactions ΔEelstat + ΔEorb-corr + ΔEdisp.

b

The values in parentheses give the percentage contribution to the total orbital interaction ΔEorb-corr.