The equilibrium structure and harmonic vibrational frequencies of ozone: Coupled cluster results including triple excitations

The highly correlated CCSDT-2 model of electron correlation is applied to computation of the equilibrium geometry and harmonic vibrational frequencies of O3. Comparison of the present results with those of a recent study [J. F. Stanton, W. N. Lipscomb, D. H. Magers, and R. J. Bartlett, J. Chem. Phys. 90, 1077 (1989)] reveal the importance of certain simultaneous three-particle correlation effects (T3) which enter perturbation theory in fifth and higher orders, particularly for asymmetric structures of ozone and, consequently, the B2 stretching frequency. The CCSDT-2 value for ω3 is 1182 cm−1, in reasonable agreement with the experimental value of 1089 cm−1, and considerably better than values obtained with other methods which make more approximations in treating T3. To treat this difficult problem, it appears to be necessary to include terms involving T3 which are nonlinear in the cluster amplitudes into the CC equations.