MOPAC C.I.

[jlye ^at^ tx.ncsu.edu (Jason Lye)]

 Dear netters,
 I am in the process of investigating the excited states of aromatic (dye)
 molecules and I am using MOPAC for these studies.  As there are many low-lying
 excited electronic configurations, I use the C.I.= keyword, and the appropriate
 ROOT= value, as well as specifing the mulitplicity.
 Quite often, MOPAC will exit with the error message, "Degenerate Energy
 levels
 detected in MECI...  MOPAC quits."
 I have summarised responses which give explainations for this problem in the
 past.  Basically, if there are degenerate configurations for an excited system,
 then either all or none of these must be included in the C.I. calculation.
 This can be achieved by using a higher or lower C.I. value to include or
 exclude all of the set of degenerate configurations.
 There is a more sensitive approach, which involves the use of the keyword OPEN
 My question is simply How do I use this keyword.  Could somebody please give
 an example of how I could use this keyword to exclude or include all of the
 degerate configurations in a C.I. calculation (eg C.I.=5)
 As always, I will summarize.
 Jason
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