Quantum Chemistry: Restricted Hartree-Fock SCF Calculations Using Microsoft Excel

Taylor R. Page , Cortney A. Boots and Mark A. Freitag
Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178
J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (1), p 159
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p159
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2008

Abstract

Programs that facilitate ab initio calculations can relegate the underlying SCF procedure (usually coupled with contracted Gaussian atomic orbital basis sets) to a ‘black box.’ This paper attempts to rectify this situation with a spreadsheet that contains all the essential elements of far more complicated ab initio calculations, but on the simplest possible molecular system.

Keywords (Audience):

Graduate Education / Research

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Computer-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Computational Chemistry

Citing Articles

Citation data is made available by participants in CrossRef's Cited-by Linking service. For a more comprehensive list of citations to this article, users are encouraged to perform a search in SciFinder.

This article has been cited by 1 ACS Journal articles (1 most recent appear below).

Tools

SciFinder Links

SciFinder subscribers:  Click to sign in | Not a SciFinder subscriber? Learn more at www.cas.org

Explore by:


History

  • Received: August 03, 2009

Recommend & Share

  • Share on ACS NetworkACS Network
  • Add to FacebookFacebook
  • Tweet ThisTweet This
  • Add to CiteULikeCiteULike
  • Add to NewsvineNewsvine
  • Digg ThisDigg This
  • Add to DeliciousDelicious

Related Content