BASIS OF EXTENDED HUCKEL FORMALISM

It is shown that the LCAO molecular Hartree-Fock equations for a closed-shell configuration can be reduced to a form identical with that of the Hoffmann extended Hückel approximation if (i) we accept the Mulliken approximation for overlap charge distributions, and (ii) we assume a uniform charge distribution in calculating two-electron integrals over molecular orbitals. Numerical comparisons indicate that this approximation leads to results which, while unsuitable for high accuracy calculations, should be reasonably satisfactory for molecules that cannot at present be handled with facility by standard LCAO molecular Hartree-Fock methods. © 1968 Springer-Verlag.