Parallel Implementation of Semiclassical Transition State Theory. 2019

Chiara Aieta, and Fabio Gabas, and Michele Ceotto
Dipartimento di Chimica , Università degli Studi di Milano , via C. Golgi 19 , 20133 Milano , Italy.

This paper presents the parsctst code, an efficient parallel implementation of the semiclassical transition state theory (SCTST) for reaction rate constant calculations. Parsctst is developed starting from a previously presented approach for the computation of the vibrational density of states of fully coupled anharmonic molecules ( Nguyen et al. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2010 , 499 , 915 ). The parallel implementation makes it practical to tackle reactions involving more than 100 fully coupled anharmonic vibrational degrees of freedom and also includes multidimensional tunneling effects. After describing the pseudocode and demonstrating its computational efficiency, we apply the new code for estimating the rate constant of the proton transfer isomerization reaction of the 2,4,6-tri- tert-butylphenyl to 3,5-di- tert-butylneophyl. Comparison with both theoretical and experimental results is presented. Parsctst code is user-friendly and provides a significant computational time saving compared to serial calculations. We believe that parsctst can boost the application of SCTST as an alternative to the basic transition state theory for accurate kinetics modeling not only in combustion or atmospheric chemistry, but also in organic synthesis, where bigger reactive systems are encountered.

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