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A new and efficient method is proposed for obtaining atomic charges from molecular wave functions, preserving both total charge and dipole moment. The method is independent of the type of wave function (SCF, CI) and does not refer explicitly to the basis set used, nor to integral approximations (e.g. CNDO) applied. The method takes very little time and is better than Mulliken's analysis as a generator of electric potentials.
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Thole, B.T., van Duijnen, P.T. A general population analysis preserving the dipole moment. Theoret. Chim. Acta 63, 209–221 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00569246
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