Assessment of Performance of G3B3 and CBS-QB3 Methods in Calculation of Bond Dissociation Energies

摘要

The performance of the newly developed G3B3 and CBS-QB3 methods in calculating absolute bond dissociation energy (BDE) was assessed. It was found that these two methods could predict the BDE with an accuracy of about 8.4 kJ/mol and therefore, they exhibited similar performance as the standard G3 and CBS-Q methods. On the other hand, it was demonstrated that the B3LYP method significantly underestimated the absolute BDE by 16.7—20.9 kJ/mol. This finding was valuable and timely because many researchers could use this relatively cheap method in studying radical reactions. Finally, 38 compounds were showed for which the theoretical BDE seriously deviated from the experimental data.