Theoretically derived thermodynamic properties can be improved by the refinement of low-frequency modes against X-ray diffraction data

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Herein, a framework for the estimation of the thermodynamic properties of molecular crystals via the refinement of frequencies from density functional theory calculations against X-ray diffraction data is presented. The framework provides an efficient approach to including the contribution of acoustic modes in the thermodynamic properties. The obtained heat capacities for urea, the alpha- and beta-glycine polymorphs, benzoic acid, and 4 '-hydroxyacetophenone are in good agreement with those from adiabatic calorimetry.

Original languageEnglish
JournalChemical Communications
Volume57
Issue number74
Pages (from-to)9370–9373
Number of pages4
ISSN1359-7345
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

    Research areas

  • TEMPERATURE HEAT-CAPACITY, ATOMIC DISPLACEMENT PARAMETERS, MOLECULAR-CRYSTALS, DYNAMICS, GLYCINE, NAPHTHALENE, POLYMORPHS, ENTROPY, DENSITY

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