Barreiras de energia para os movimentos de inversão e rotação das moléculas metilamina, dimetilamina e trimetilamina foram calculadas usando a metodologia CCSD(T)//B3LYP com os conjuntos de funções de base de Dunning, cc-pVTZ, cc-pVQZ e cc-pCVTZ. O procedimento de extrapolação para o conjunto de base completa (complete basis set, CBS) e os efeitos da correlação dos elétrons do caroço também foram incluídos nos cálculos das barreiras de energia. Nossos melhores resultados estão em excelente concordâncias com os dados experimentais, indicando que a metodologia utilizada é recomendada para a predição exata de propriedades estruturais e de barreiras de energia de outros sistemas moleculares

Barrier heights of the internal rotation and inversion motions of methylamine, dimethylamine and trimethylamine molecules were calculated with the CCSD(T)//B3LYP methodology in combination with the cc-pVTZ, cc-pVQZ, and cc-pCVTZ basis sets of Dunning. The complete basis set (CBS) extrapolation procedure and core-valence (CV) correlation effects are also examined to the barrier heights. Our best estimate results (CCSD(T)/CBS+CV//B3LYP/cc-pVQZ) are in very good agreement with the experimental data, indicating the use of this methodology to provide accurate predictions of structures and barrier heights for other systems

Accurate potential energy curves, transition moments, spectroscopic constants, radiative transition probabilities, and lifetimes for the states X²sigma+ and A²pi of BeF, MgF and CaF are reported using high level calculations. Diagonal transitions dominate for the A²<FONT FACE=Symbol>P ®</FONT> X²sigma+ system. Radiative lifetimes for nu' = 0 are predicted to be 6.81 ns, 7.16 ns and 19.48 ns, respectively for BeF, MgF and CaF. The result calculated for the CaF molecule are in excellent agreement with the experimental result equal to 21.9±4.0 ns.

In this article are presented some fundamental elements of the conventional and of the variational transition state theories which are needed to carried out calculations of semi-classical chemical dynamics. Some important bottlenecks in building reliable potential energy surfaces using electronic structure calculations are also discussed. It is put emphasis on the methodology of the variational transition state theory with interpolated corrections (VTST-IC), and its application in the calculations of the rate constants and of the kinetic isotope effect (KIE) of CH4 + Cl <FONT FACE="Symbol">«</font> CH3 + HCl reaction.