Abstract
A new approach to ab initio electronic structure calculations of solute molecules in solution is presented. Combined with the molecular Ornstein–Zernike (MOZ) integral equation theory for polyatomic liquids, solute electronic wave function and solvent distribution around a solute are determined in a self-consistent manner. The hypernetted chain approximation is employed for solving the MOZ equation. In order to describe the short-range solute–solvent interactions, the effective potential operating solute electron is placed on a solute molecule, which is determined by a least-squares fitting to ab initio exchange repulsion/charge transfer energies. The present method, referred to as the MOZ self-consistent-field (SCF) method, is applied to a solute H2O molecule in water solvent. The solvent shift for the vertical excitation to the nπ* state of H2CO in aqueous solution is also examined. The results obtained by the MOZ-SCF calculations are compared with those by the reference interaction site model-SCF theory and the polarizable continuum model.
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