Table of Contents:
  • Basic topics
  • Fundamental principles
  • Ab initio methods
  • Semiempirical methods
  • Density functional theory
  • Molecular mechanics
  • Molecular dynamics and Monto Carlo simulations
  • Predicting molecular geometry
  • Constructing a Z-matrix
  • Using existing basis sets
  • Molecular vibrations
  • Population analysis
  • Other chemical properties
  • Importance of symmetry
  • Efficient use of computer resources
  • How to conduct a computational research project
  • Advanced topics
  • Finding transition structures
  • Reaction coordinates
  • Reaction rates
  • Potential energy surfaces
  • Conformation searching
  • Fixing self-consistent field convergence problems
  • QM/MM
  • Solvation
  • Electronic excited states
  • Size consistency
  • Spin contamination
  • Basis of customization
  • Force field customization
  • Structure-property relationships
  • Computing NMR chemical shifts
  • Nonlinear optical properties
  • Relativistic effects
  • Band structures
  • Mesoscale methods
  • Synthesis route prediction
  • Applications
  • Computational chemist's view of the periodic table
  • Biomolecules
  • Simulating liquids
  • Polymers
  • Solids and surfaces.