Assessment of the Potential Energy Hypersurfaces in Thymine within Multiconfigurational Theory: CASSCF vs. CASPT2

The present study provides new insights into the topography of the potential energy hypersurfaces (PEHs) of the thymine nucleobase in order to rationalize its main ultrafast photochemical decay paths by employing two methodologies based on the complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) and...

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Main Authors: Javier Segarra-Martí, Antonio Francés-Monerris, Daniel Roca-Sanjuán, Manuela Merchán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-12-01
Series:Molecules
Subjects:
DNA
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/21/12/1666