New derivations of origin-independent expressions for the electric permittivity are presented, starting either from the response function of the current density that defines the absorption coefficient, or from the off-resonance single-photon scattering amplitude that leads to the Kramers–Heisenberg dispersion formula. The resulting expression for the permittivity is compared with earlier work ...

We present the first origin-independent approach for the treatment of two-photon circular dichroism (TPCD) using coupled cluster methods. The approach is assessed concerning its behavior on the choice of the basis set and different coupled cluster methods. We also provide a comparison of results from CC2 with those from density functional theory using the CAM-B3LYP functional. Concerning the basis ...

What makes organometallic chemistry sustainable, or at least could make it more sustainable? A practical concept that allows us to set deliverable sustainability goals is Istvan Horváth’s sustainable definition of sustainability: Resources including energy should be used at a rate at which they are replaced naturally and the generation of waste cannot be faster than the rate of their remediation. ...

A new Negishi-type cross-coupling of 2-bromophosphinine has been developed. The new method expands the scope of palladium-catalyzed couplings to monobromophosphinines, which have been considered as poor substrates so far. Moreover, aryl-, alkenyl-, and alkynylzinc bromides were found to be effective coupling partners.

The edit distance is the most famous distance to compute the similarity between two strings of characters. The main drawback of the edit distance is that it is based on local procedures which reflect only a local view of similarity. To remedy this problem we presented in a previous work the extended edit distance, which adds a global view of similarity between two strings. However, the extended edit ...

PCMSolver is an open‐source library for continuum electrostatic solvation. It can be combined with any quantum chemistry code and requires a minimal interface with the host program, greatly reducing programming effort. As input, PCMSolver needs only the molecular geometry to generate the cavity and the expectation value of the molecular electrostatic potential on the cavity surface. It then returns ...

A new computational method for electronic-structure studies of molecules and solids is presented. The key element in the new model – denoted the perturbed atoms in molecules and solids model – is the concept of a perturbed atom in a complex. The basic approximation of the new model is unrestricted Hartree Fock (UHF). The UHF orbitals are localized by the Edmiston-Ruedenberg procedure. The perturbed ...

Boron tribromide-mediated demethylation of rhenium-oxo and gold meso-tris(4-methoxyphenyl)corrole and meso-tris(3,5-dimethoxyphenylcorrole), M[TpOMePC] and M[T(3,5-OMe)PC] (M = ReO, Au), have yielded the corresponding phenol- and resorcinol-appended metallocorroles, M[TpOHPC] and M[T(3,5-OH)PC], in good yields. The latter compounds proved insoluble in dichloromethane and chloroform but soluble in ...

Photo- and thermo- isomerization trajectories of various conversion pathways between nitro-spiropyran and its <i>trans–trans–cis</i> merocyanine form were produced and the role of nπ* states was investigated along the corresponding potential energy surface calculated using the ωB97XD functional and the cc-pVDZ basis set. The nondissociative nπ* states on the photoisomerization trajectories can switch ...

Genus Aliivibrio is known to harbor species exhibiting bioluminescence as well as pathogenic behavior affecting the fish farming industry. Current phylogenetic understanding of Aliivibrio has largely remained dormant after reclassification disentangled it from the Vibrio genus in 2007. There is growing evidence of wider diversity, but until now the lack of genomes and selective use of type strains ...