RE: calculating polarizabilities

Hi,
 certainly the dianion is a closed shell molecule with 1A1 symmetry, and the
 HOMO is degenerate n times. Hence in the anion, the subset of n orbitals
 corresponding to the dianion HOMOs are no longer degenerate due to the
 Hartree-Fock potential and thus the wavefunction does not have the right
 symmetry and so any properties computed with that wavefunction won't have
 the right symmetry neither.
 If this is the case, use a CAS wavefunction or non-integer occupation
 numbers.
 Hope this helps.
 Yours
                                       ...Xav
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 X> Dear all,
 X> Calculating the polarizability for a perfect tetrahedral
 X> dianion, gives for the three diagonal elements of the
 X> polarizability tensor: (XX)=(YY)=(ZZ).
 X> But, when I calculate the polarizability of the mono-anion (of
 X> the same system) on the optimized geometry of the dianion (thus
 X> on the perfect tetrahedral geometry), the polarizabilitytensor
 X> gives (XX)=(YY), but the (ZZ) component is different.
 X> Has anyone also had this problems?
 X> What can I do to solve this?
 X> Can anyone give me some advise?
 X> Thanks in advance for your help,
 X> Sincerely Yours,
 X> Goedele Roos
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