Abstract
The calculation of specific rotation of molecules in solution is probed at the coupled cluster (CC) level utilizing a continuum dielectric model based on a definition of the dielectric permittivity as a smooth function of electron density. Solvation effects are captured through polarization of Hartree-Fock (HF) molecular orbitals before subsequent calculations with the coupled cluster singles and doubles (CCSD) method. For the challenging ( S)-methyloxirane molecule, CCSD specific rotations yield an incorrect sign for the rotation in water, and the continuum model is unable to predict the wide variations in the optical rotatory dispersion (ORD) curves seen for nonpolar solvents of similar dielectric constant. In two molecules, (1 S,4 S)-norbornenone and ( S)-2-chloropropionitrile, specific rotations computed with CCSD in conjunction with implicit solvent fail to provide solvent shifts of the correct order of magnitude, indicating that the solvent response is a major contribution to the overall solvation effect.
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