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For nucleotide bases and their derivatives, the atomic charges calcula
ted by the extended Mulliken population analysis within the NDDO appro
ximation reproduce excellently the quantum chemical electrostatic pote
ntial field outside the molecular van der Waals surface. It follows th
at in the case of nucleic acids we have a fast and reliable method for
the calculation of molecular electrostatic potential maps and atomic
charges.