Computational
Chemistry is the modeling of chemical phenomenon using computers rather than
chemicals. Topics covered includes: Ab initio quantum chemistry, Theoretical
model, The Hamiltonian, The hydrogen atom, Hartree-Fock theory, The
Born-Oppenheimer approximation, The Hartree wavefunction, The variational
principle, Electron spin, Gaussian basis functions, Electronic energy
decomposition.
This note covers the following topics: Organic Chemistry: organocatalysis,
Bioorganic Chemistry: peptide conformation, Photochemistry and Photobiology:
olefins, vision and switches.
This note
describes the following topics: Many-electron wave functions, Exact and
approximate wave functions, Molecular integral evaluation, Second quantization,
Hartree–Fock theory, Configuration interaction, Description of dynamical
correlation, Performance of the electronic-structure models.
This lecture note
explains the following topics related to Computational Chemistry: Basic Quantum
Mechanics, Basic Mathematical Review, Molecular Hamiltonian, Two-Electron
Systems and Spin, Hartree–Fock Approximation, Molecular Orbital Theory,
Correlation Energy, Coupled Cluster Approaches, Moller–Plesset Perturbation
Theory, Density Functional Theory, Molecular Properties and NMR Chemical
Shielding.
This note describes the following topics: Theoretical
background of computational chemistry, How to do a computational research
project (lab), Potential Energy Surface, Molecular Schrodinger equation, Dirac’s
sea of electrons, Born-Oppenheimer Approximation, Variational Principle,
Hartree-Fock Self-Consistent Field (SCF) Method.
Author(s): The School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv
University, Israel
This note covers the following topics: Stretching Interactions,
The Force-Field, Stretch Energy, Bend Energy, Torsional Energy, van der Waals
Energy, Electrostatic Energy, Fitting Atomic Charges, The Fluctuating Charge
Model, Other Polarizable Models, Parameterizing the Force Fields and Heats of
Formation.