Subject: T1 excited state energy levels

From: "Thoms, Travis" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:32:03 -0800

Greetings to all!
	I am interested in finding a method that will give accurate first triplet excited state energies for organic and organometallic compounds.  Currently I use a semi-empirical ground state geometry optimization followed by a CI calculation to get the T1 level.  This gives relative energies fairly well (i.e. shows that a triplet state of one compound will be higher or lower than another).  However, I'm looking for a method that will give truer absolute numbers.  Any advice?

Thanks,

T. Thoms