Ab initio evaluation of absorption and emission transitions for molecular solutes, including separate consideration of orientational and inductive solvent effects

An ab initio computation procedure to obtain electronic transition wave numbers in solution is presented and discussed. The continuum description of the bulk solvent is adopted, and solute–solvent interaction is reduced to a closed‐form interaction operator added to the solute Hamiltonian. The resulting Schrödinger equations are solved variationally. No limitations are imposed on the shape of the solvent cavity or on the level of accuracy of the ab initio procedure.

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