The stockholder recipe to calculate atomic charges requires the definition
of the so-called promolecule density. This density is defined in terms of t
he densities of the atoms of the molecule which are determined by their spe
ctroscopic state and the level of theory used. In this study the basis set
dependence, the effect of the atomic spectroscopic state and electron corre
lation upon stockholder charges are investigated. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science
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