Multiconfigurational Perturbation Theory: Applications in Electronic Spectroscopy

Applications of level shift corrected perturbation theory in electronic spectroscopy

Abstract Multiconfigurational second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) with a level shift technique used to reduce the effect of intruder states has been tested for applications in electronic spectroscopy. The following molecules have been studied: formamide, adenine, stilbene, Ni(CO) 4 , and a model compound for the active site in the blue copper protein plastocyanin, Cu(Im) 2 (SH)(SH 2 ) + . The results show that the level shift technique can be used to remove the effects of the intruder states in all these molecules. In some cases a drift in the energies as a function of the level shift is observed, which however is small enough that the normal error bar for CASPT2 excitation energies (…