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ArticleJournal of chemical theory and computation2026

Long-Range Fit: A Software Package for the Representation and Study of Long-Range Molecular Interactions.

Adrian L Batista-Planas, Ernesto Quintas-Sánchez, Richard Dawes

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Adrian L Batista-PlanasDepartment of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States.
Ernesto Quintas-SánchezDepartment of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4378-8745
Richard DawesDepartment of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2493-4671

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Describing intermolecular forces is fundamental to modeling and predicting the behavior of molecular systems. In particular, long-range molecular interactions─with electrostatic, induction, and dispersion as the main components─play a critical role, especially for low-temperature and low-density regimes. Long-range interactions are often described through perturbation theory, representing the electronic charge distribution via a multipolar series of the moments and polarizability tensors corresponding to each molecule. However, while the theory is well established, obtaining the resulting analytical expressions (and their practical implementation) constitutes a highly complex and system-dependent task. To address this challenge, we developed long-range-fit (LRF), an interactive and user-friendly software package designed to automate the generation and fitting of long-range interaction terms for arbitrary molecules in nondegenerate (ground or excited) electronic states. We have derived and implemented all terms up to 15th order, without approximations, via a spherical tensor representation, with symmetry adaptation to all molecular point-group symmetries. The resulting potential energy surface is compatible with most representations of the close interaction region.

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