Overlap between MO of 2 molecules
- From: "Petr Toman" <toman (- at -)
imc.cas.cz>
- Subject: Overlap between MO of 2 molecules
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:42:05 +0200
Dear colleagues,
Could somebody give me an advice how could I calculate the overlap between
molecular orbitals of 2 neighbouring molecules (preferably by Gaussian)?
1)
Would it be correct to calculate firstly the MO of each molecule by itself
to obtain the molecular orbital coefficients C_mi, then perform the
calculation of both molecules together to obtain the overlap matrix
(between AO) S_mn.
Finally compute the overlap between i-th MO of the first molecule and j-th
MO of the second molecule as
SUM (C_mi * C_nj * S_mn)
over m,n
where m are the AO of the 1. molecule and n are the AO of the 2. molecule.
2)
By the way, how could I force Gaussian 98 to print overlap matrix ???
3)
What method could be reliable (B3LYP, HF,...)?
Thanks a lot,
Petr