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Modern valence bond representations of CASSCF wavefunctions

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Exact transformations of “N electrons inN orbitals” CASSCF structure spaces are examined that lead to modern valence bond representations, in which the total wavefunction is dominated by covalent structures built from a common product ofnonorthogonal orbitals. The resulting descriptions of the electronic structure may be compared directly with those that arise in the spin-coupled (orfull-GVB) approach. Using singlet methylene, methane and ozone as representative examples, various overlap-based and energy-based criteria are investigated for generating modern VB representations of “N inN” CASSCF wavefunctions, which we denote CASVB.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, L69 3BX, Liverpool, UK

    Thorstein Thorsteinsson & David L. Cooper

  2. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close, BS8 1TS, Bristol, UK

    Joseph Gerratt & Peter B. Karadakov

  3. Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Elettrochimica, Università di Milano, Via Golgi 19, I-20133, Milano, Italy

    Mario Raimondi

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Thorsteinsson, T., Cooper, D.L., Gerratt, J. et al. Modern valence bond representations of CASSCF wavefunctions. Theoret. Chim. Acta 93, 343–366 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01129215

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