Coulomb integrals empirical nature

The CNDO method has been modified by substitution of semiempirical Coulomb integrals similar to those used in the Pariser-Parr-Pople method, and by the introduction of a new empirical parameter to differentiate resonance integrals between a orbitals and tt orbitals. The CNDO method with this change in parameterization is extended to the calculation of electronic spectra and applied to the isoelectronic compounds benzene, pyridine, pyri-dazine, pyrimidine and pyrazine. The results obtained were refined by a limited Cl calculation, and compared with the best available experimental data. It was found that the agreement was quite satisfactory for both the n TT and n tt singlet transitions. The relative energies of the tt and the lone pair orbitals in pyridine and the diazines are compared and an explanation proposed for the observed orders. Also, the nature of the lone pairs in these compounds is discussed. 

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 ... 

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