PERMANENT AND INDUCED DIPOLE REQUIREMENTS IN ABINITIO CALCULATIONS OF ELECTRON-AFFINITIES OF POLAR-MOLECULES

Through the use of a molecular pseudopotential method, we determine the approximate magnitudes of errors that result when electron affinity determinations of polar negative ions are made through ab initio calculations in which the use of a given basis set yields inappropriate values for permanent and induced dipole moments of the neutral molecule. These results should prove useful in assessing the adequacy of basis sets in ab initio calculations of molecular electron affinities for simple linear polar molecules. © 1979 American Institute of Physics.