Molecular potential self-consistent-field method

Another fairly new method, using the electrostatic molecular potential, will not be discussed here since it is the subject of another contribution to this volume 50>. I will now consider methods that have had the widest application in the theoretical study of chemical reactivity, in order of increasing complexity a) molecular mechanics b) extended Htickel method c), d) empirical self-consistent field methods such as CNDO and MINDO e) the simplest ab initio approach f) the different S.C.F. methods, possibly including configuration interaction g) valence bond methods, and h) the dynamical approach, including the calculation of trajectories 61>. 

Y. S. Kim, Y. S. Lee. The Kramers restricted complete active space self-consistent-field method for two-component molecular spinors and relativistic effective core potentials including spin-orbit interactions. /. Chem. Phys., 119 (2003) 12169. 

Figure 4-2. Computed potential energy surface from (A) ab initio valence-bond self-consistent field (VB-SCF) and (B) the effective Hamiltonian molecular-orbital and valence-bond (EH-MOVB) methods for the S 2 reaction between HS- and CH3CI...

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>. 

Proton-transfer reactions of iV-tetrachlorosalicylideneaniline (140) and N-tetrachlorosalicylideneaniline-l-pyrenylamine (171) have been investigated by using a semiempirical self-consistent field molecular orbital (SCF MO) method with an energy gradient technique.94 From the calculated potential barriers (81.27 and 87.30kJmol-1) for 140 and 171, respectively, it can be seen that the... 

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