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Experimentally known copper selenium clusters show extraordinary geometrical features, especially short Cu-Cu distances. We report the first theoretical investigation of Cu2Se and Cu4Se2. Various quantum chemical methods (SCF, MP2, CPF, CCSD, CCSD(T), LDF) are applied to determine the importance of dynamic electron correlation. We find that inclusion of correlation does not essentially change the electronic structure of the clusters but has a strong influence on geometries. To reduce the computational effort we apply effective core potentials (ECPs) in combination with small, but carefully optimized basis sets. The applicability of simple modellings of correlation energies for approximate inclusion of correlation effects in SCF geometry optimizations is tested.
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Schäfer, A., Huber, C., Gauss, J. et al. Anab initio investigation of Cu2Se and Cu4Se2 . Theoret. Chim. Acta 87, 29–40 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01113527
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