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SCF CI calculation of the electronic spectra of nitroso and nitro benzene

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SCF calculation with CI has been found to give a reasonable value for the longest wavelength π-π * transition in nitroso and nitro benzene if a sufficient number of configurations are taken into considerations. The applicability of this method to the case of n-π * transition is, however, of doubtful validity. For the electron density approximation of chemical reactivity simple Hückel calculation may be good enough if the parameters are carefully chosen.

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Eine SCF-CI-Berechnung ergab brauchbare Werte für die langwelligsten π-π *-Übergänge von Nitro- und Nitrosobenzol, wenn genügend Konfigurationen in die Rechnung einbezogen werden. Jedoch ist der Wert der Methode für die Berechnung von n-π *-Übergängen zweifelhaft. Die Elektronendichte ist nicht wesentlich von der der Hückel-Theorie verschieden, so daß letztere für Fragen der chemischen Reaktivität ausreichend erscheint, wenn die Parameter sorgfältig gewählt werden.

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Un calcul SCF donne des énergies raisonnables pour les premières transitions π-π * de nitroso- et de nitrobenzène, quand on considère un nombre suffisant de configurations. Mais l'application de ce procédé aux transitions n-π * est douteuse. Si l'on croisit soigneusement les paramètres, la méthode simple de Hückel semble suffir pour le calcul des densités électroniques dans des problèmes de réactivité chimique.

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Sincere thanks are due to Prof. P. 0. Löwdin, Uppsala, Sweden, for laboratory facilities, where a part of the work was done and to Mr Klaus Appel for Machine Computation on Alwac-III at Uppsala.

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Basu (née Bhattacharya), R. SCF CI calculation of the electronic spectra of nitroso and nitro benzene. Theoret. Chim. Acta 2, 87–92 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00526574

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