- Generalized valence bond
The generalized valence bond (GVB) method is one of the simplest and oldest valence bond method that uses flexible orbitals in the general way used by
modern valence bond theory . The method was developed by the group ofWilliam A. Goddard, III around 1970.citation | author = Goddard, W. A., Dunning, T. H., Hunt, W. J. and Hay, P. J. | year = 1973 | journal = Accounts of Chemical Research | volume = 6 | pages = 368 | doi = 10.1021/ar50071a002 ] cite journal |author=Goodgame MM, Goddard WA |title=Modified generalized valence-bond method: A simple correction for the electron correlation missing in generalized valence-bond wave functions; Prediction of double-well states for Cr2 and Mo2 |journal=Phys. Rev. Lett. |volume=54 |issue=7 |pages=661–664 |year=1985 |month=February |pmid=10031583 |doi= |url=http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v54/p661]Theory
The generalised Coulson-Fisher for the
hydrogen molecule , discussed inModern valence bond theory is generalised to describe every electron pair in a molecule. The pair of orbitals for each electron pair are expanded in terms of the full basis set and are non-orthogonal. Orbitals from different pairs are forced to beorthogonal - the strong orthogonality condition. This condition simplifies the calculation but can lead to some difficulties.Calculations
GVB code in some programs, particularly
GAMESS (US) , can also be used to do a variety of restricted open-shellHartree-Fock calculations,citation | author = Muller, Richard P. | year = 1994 | title = A generalized direct inversion in the iterative subspace approach for generalized valence bond wave functions | journal = The Journal of Chemical Physics | volume = 100 | pages = 1226 | doi = 10.1063/1.466653 ] such as those with one or three electrons in two pi-electron molecular orbitals while retaining the degeneracy of the orbitals. This wave function is essentially a two-determinant function, rather than the one-determinant function of the restricted Hartree-Fock method.References
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