Title
Characterization of molecular orbitals by counting nodal regions.
Abstract
The number of nodal regions can be used as an index for characterizing molecular orbitals. A computer program has been developed to count the number of nodal regions, based on the labeling and contraction algorithms. This program is applied to the water molecule, the hydrogen sulfide molecule, the hydrogen atomic orbitals, the Rydberg excited states of ethylene, dissociation of carbon monoxide, and CASSCF calculations of formaldehyde. Because the number of nodal regions is independent of the coordinate system, the method is applicable even when the molecular structure changes drastically as in bond rotation or bond elongation. Changes of nodal regions with bond elongation are investigated for carbon monoxide. A prescription for problems arising with basis set expansion techniques is also given. (C) 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1002/jcc.20169
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
Keywords
Field
DocType
nodal region,nodal surface,labeling,contraction,hydrogen atomic orbital,Rydberg state,CASSCF
Excited state,Molecular orbital,Atomic physics,Molecule,Pi bond,Computational chemistry,Atomic orbital,Chemistry,Rydberg state,Basis set,Molecular orbital diagram
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
26
4
0192-8651
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.44
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yasuyo Hatano131.46
Shigeyoshi Yamamoto241.23
Hiroshi Tatewaki373.40