Complete Neglect of Differential Overlap Approximation CNDO

In the Complete Neglect of Differential Overlap (CNDO) approximation only the Coulomb one-centre and two-centre two-electron integrals remain (eq. (3.78)). 

Ihc complete neglect of differential overlap (CNDO) approach of Pople, Santry and Segal u as the first method to implement the zero-differential overlap approximation in a practical fashion [Pople et al. 1965]. To overcome the problems of rotational invariance, the two-clectron integrals (/c/c AA), where fi and A are on different atoms A and B, were set equal to. 1 parameter which depends only on the nature of the atoms A and B and the ii ilcniuclear distance, and not on the type of orbital. The parameter can be considered 1.0 be the average electrostatic repulsion between an electron on atom A and an electron on atom B. When both atomic orbitals are on the same atom the parameter is written , A tiiid represents the average electron-electron repulsion between two electrons on an aiom A. 

In order to obtain nonzero spin densities even on hydrogen atoms in tt radicals, one has to take the one-center exchange repulsion integrals into account in the eigenvalue problem. In other words, a less rough approximation than the complete neglect of differential overlap (CNDO) is required. This implies that in the CNDO/2 approach also, o and n radicals have to be treated separately (98). 

The simplest theory that is consistent with these requirements employs the complete neglect of differential overlap (CNDO)29. This semi-empirical approach will be discussed in some detail, albeit without extensive mathematical justification, as it illustrates the type of approximations that are made in more advanced theories. In addition to the assumptions outlined above, the remaining Coulomb-type integrals are reduced to a single value -yAB that depends only on the nature of atoms A and B with which < > and t are associated, respectively, and not on the actual type of orbitals that overlap. This is equivalent to stating ... 

Various theoretical methods (self-consistent field molecular orbital (SCF-MO) modified neglect of diatomic overlap (MNDO), complete neglect of differential overlap (CNDO/2), intermediate neglect of differential overlap/screened approximation (INDO/S), and STO-3G ab initio) have been used to calculate the electron distribution, structural parameters, dipole moments, ionization potentials, and data relating to ultraviolet (UV), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), photoelectron (PE), and microwave spectra of 1,3,4-oxadiazole and its derivatives <1984CHEC(6)427, 1996CHEC-II(4)268>. 

The widespread application of MO theory to systems containing a bonds was sparked in large part by the development of extended Hiickel (EH) theory by Hoffmann (I) in 1963. At that time, 7r MO theory was practiced widely by chemists, but only a few treatments of a bonding had been undertaken. Hoffmann s theory changed this because of its conceptual simplicity and ease of applicability to almost any system. It has been criticized on various theoretical grounds but remains in widespread use today. A second approximate MO theory with which we are concerned was developed by Pople and co-workers (2) in 1965 who simplified the exact Hartree-Fock equations for a molecule. It has a variety of names, such as complete neglect of differential overlap (CNDO) or intermediate neglect of differential overlap (INDO). This theory is also widely used today. 

Nowadays, the success of the methods proposed by Hoffmann 50> and by Pople and Segal 51> among the chemists tends to promote the use of pure atomic orbital bases for all-valence treatments. The first method is a straightforward application of the Wolfsberg-Helmholz treatment of complexes to organic compounds and is called the Extended Hiickel Theory (EHT), because its matrix elements are parametrized in the same way as the Hiickel method with overlap for n electrons. The other method, known under the abbreviation Complete Neglect of Differential Overlap (CNDO), includes electron repulsion terms by extending to a orbitals the successful approximation of zero-differential overlap postulated for n electrons. 

The basic NDO approximation was developed by Pople and is known as the Complete Neglect of Differential Overlap CNDO semiempirical method (Pople et al. 1965 ... 

In the 1960s, several semiempirical SCF methods were proposed by Pople and co-workers the complete neglect of differential overlap (CNDO) method, the intermediate neglect of differential overlap (INDO) method, and the neglect of differential diatomic overlap (NDDO) approximation " " (Table 1). In 1968, Bene and Jaffe parametrized the CNDO method to study electronic spectra (CNDO/S). Ridley and Zerner developed the INDO method to predict electronic spectra (INDO/S). " In 1977, an alternative semiempirical approach with configuration interaction (Cl), local neglect of differential overlap for spectroscopy (LNDO/S), was proposed. " ... 

The complete neglect of differential overlap (CNDO) method [1] rests on the zero differential overlap (ZDO) approximation, which means that all the products of... 

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