AB INITIO AND DFT STUDY OF NON-COVALENT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RARE GAS ATOMS AND AROMATIC RINGS

Abstract

In this paper, the weak interaction between aromatic rings (ARs) and rare gas (Rg) atoms has been studied using ab initio calculation and density functional theory (DFT). The augmented Dunning basis sets were used, and the convergence test was performed up to aug-cc-pV5Z. Among the computationally feasible methods, ωB97XD performed the best for these non-covalent systems. NBO analysis was performed to investigate the nature of the Rg/AR interactions. In this type of weak interaction, the induced and instantaneous dipole and charge transfer character both contribute to the interaction energies and equilibrium distances.