Calculating Energies and Enthalpies


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Answer - from Eric Bylaska (personal communication)
http://nwchemgit.github.io/index.php/NWPW#NWPW_Tutorial_3:_using_isodesmic_reaction_energies...

The enthalpy of a molecule at 298.15K is sum of the total energy and a thermal correction to the enthalpy. A good estimate for the thermal correction to the enthalpy can be obtained from a frequency calculation, i.e.

H = E + Hcorrection

Thermodynamic output from a frequency calculation: ...