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III.F.4. (XVIII.D.1.)

Negative orbital occupation numbers

A negative orbital occupation number indicates that the electronic ground state may not be well represented by a single electronic configuration.

Results for C6H5CH2 (benzyl radical)

The following table lists the minimum orbital occupation numbers


Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 6-31G*
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC -0.08843 -0.11598
MP2FU   -0.11627
Coupled Cluster CCD   -0.03028

The following table lists the T1 diagnostic


Methods with standard basis sets