Basis-set effects on calculated molecular magnetic properties

Abstract

The magnetic susceptibility of the BH molecule and the screening constants of its nuclei have been calculated by the finite perturbation SCF method, using London field-dependent atomic orbitals. Several sets of contracted Gaussian functions have been used. The split valence triple-zeta basis set augmented with bond functions and lone-pair functions gave good results with regard to accuracy and computer time. The calculated quantities are close to those obtained by other authors using very large field-independent basis sets.