Yuzhe Zhang

Assessing Constrained Nuclear–Electronic Orbital Theory for the Floppy CH 5 + Ion: Geometry-Dependent Zero-Point Effects on Structure, Hydrogen Rearrangement Dynamics, and Simulated IR Spectra

Recently, constrained nuclear–electronic orbital (CNEO) theory has been developed to incorporate nuclear quantum delocalization and zero-point effects into quantum chemistry calculations and ab initio molecular simulations. Motivated by discussions with John Stanton, we apply CNEO methods to protonated methane, CH5 +,...