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We have investigated nearsightedness of electronic matter (NEM) of finite systems on the basis of linear response function to examine theoretical foundation of contemporary computational chemistry such as quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics methods. In this study, we introduce several nearsightedness-related indices to assess the magnitude of localisability of responses for one-dimensional finite model systems. We started from two electrons' systems, which are beyond the scope of the original concept of NEM, and increased the number of electrons (N) to a hundred electrons to analyse dependency of such indices onN. In the process of construction of the indices, we analysed the factors, because of which the magnitude of nonlocal parts of linear response functions becomes small, into several ones, and extracted purely the magnitude of propagation of responses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Quantum mechanical (QM)/molecular mechanics (MM) calculations by the use of a large-scale QM model (QM Model V) have been performed to elucidate hydrogen-bonding networks and proton wires for proton release pathways (PRP) of water oxidation reaction in the oxygen evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII). Full geometry optimisations of PRP by the QM/MM model have been carried out starting from the geometry of heavy atoms determined by the recent high-resolution X-ray diffraction (XRD) experiment of PSII refined to 1.9 Å resolution. Computational results by the QM/MM calculations have elucidated the hydrogen-bonding O···O(N) and O···H distances and O(N)–H···O angles in PRP, together with the Cl–O(N) and Cl···H distances and O(N)–H···Cl angles for chloride anions. The optimised hydrogen-bonding networks are well consistent with the XRD results and available experiments such as extended X-ray absorption fine structure, showing the reliability of channel structures of OEC of PSII revealed by the XRD experiment. The QM/MM computations have elucidated possible roles of chloride anions in the OEC of PSII. The QM/MM computational results have provided useful information for understanding and explanation of accumulated mutation experiments of key amino acid residues in the OEC of PSII. Implications of the present results are discussed in relation to three steps for theoretical modelling of water oxidation in the OEC of PSII and bio-inspired working hypotheses for developments of artificial water oxidation systems by use of 3d transition-metal complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We here formulate and implement linear response function (LRF) of the Mayer bond order (MBO), which is expected to be a new indicator to describe intrinsic chemical reactivity of molecules. We calculate LRFs of the MBOs of para-substituted benzoic acids, and compare the results with the Hammett substituent constants and computational results of acid dissociation constants that were previously reported. The results are discussed from the viewpoint of the applicability of LRF of the MBO to estimate the relative reactivity of the substituted benzoic acids. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Static molecular second hyperpolarizabilities γ of several donor-π-acceptor molecules have been examined using an ab initio molecular orbital (MO) method to evaluate the effects of substituents and molecular distortion on γ. It was found that γ values of the donor-π-acceptor compounds are affected by the degree of π electron delocalization more than the donor or acceptor strength of the substituents. Also it was found that contributions from higher order excitation process are not negligible for γ values of the donor-π-acceptor molecules. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effective exchange integrals (J[sub ab(M)]) between two cation radicals of title compounds in the Heisenberg model were calculated by ab initio molecular orbital (MO) and density functional theory (DFT) methods, together with hybrid DFT methods. The J[sub ab(D)] values between two dimer mono-cation radicals were also estimated assuming J[sub ab(D)] ≈ J[sub ab(M)]/2. It is found that the spin lattice obtained by the ab initio method is square planar and linear in BEDT-TTF and BETS planes, respectively, although other previous calculations show that spin lattice in the BEDT-TTF plane is a triangular one. The J[sub ab] and overlap integrals (s[sub ab]) values by the ab initio methods were used to determine transfer integral (t[sub ab]) and Coulomb repulsion (U[sub eff]) parameters of the Hubbard model, which were compared with those of the previous results. Implications of the calculated results are discussed in relation to the spin-mediated mechanism for superconductivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]