A GIAO-DFT Approach to the Calculation of NMR Parameters Quantitative Results and Qualitative Interpretations:

Tom Ziegler, Georg Schreckenbach, Yosadara Ruiz-Morales, Stephen,K. Wolff , Yang Khandogin and Sergei Patchkovskii.
 

We present new implementations and applications based on the ADF (Amsterdam Density Functional program system ) GIAO-DFT scheme for the calculation of shifts and spin-spin coupling constants. Results will be presented from shift and coupling calculations based on a new implementation that includes spin orbit-coupling and a fully relativistic treatment within the Zero-Order-Regular-Approximation. The GIAO scheme in general lends itself well to qualitative interpretations. This will be demonstrated in connection with calculations on organic, inorganic and organometallic compounds containg elements as heavy as 195Au and 199Hg.