C. Chipot et al., STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS OF DISTRIBUTED MULTIPOLES DERIVED FROM MOLECULARELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS, Molecular physics, 94(6), 1998, pp. 881-895
A simple way to obtain distributed electric multipoles on a selection
of sites in a molecule is described. The method is based on a statisti
cal analysis of the multipole components aimed at reproducing the elec
trostatic potential created by the molecular charge distribution on a
grid of points around the molecule. Applications to hydrogen fluoride,
water, carbon tetrafluoride, carbon tetrachloride, dichloro-difluoro-
methane, methanol and formaldehyde are presented to illustrate this no
vel approach.